Massassauga Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Just off Hwy 62 on Cty Rd 28 to first bridge crossing the creek on the Massassauga Marsh. Safe place to park beside bridge and can access water easily. Sometimes lately spring flooding has closed access to this road for periods of time.
- Lat: 44.1036273
- Lng: -77.3948836
- Waterbody Type: Wetland
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
View all photosSunny with some clouds and windy. No rain in past 24 hrs. No water flow at all from north side to south due to beaver dam on that side of roadway. Much green algae and mucky bottoms showing due to lack of water . No wildlife today. Extremely high conductivity and barely any dissolved oxygen. Someone parked alongside bridge and dumped their garbage here. Notified Quinte Conservation about this and the beaver activity.
Overcast and beginning to rain. Some rainfall over past 24 hrs. A Few swans seen and lots of green algae and bullrushes everywhere on both sides of the roadway.
Sunny and hazy calm day with about 13 mm rain in past 24 hrs. No wildlife around. Heavy green algae scum everywhere, lots of weeds and quite smelly.
Partly cloudy with sun breaking out and not as windy as earlier this afternoon. Swan out on the open water. So much green algae bloom on the surface all around.
Overcast and a bit breezy with no rain in past 24 hrs. Some swans and Canada Geese and ducks around the marsh today. People threw out bags of garbage & other trash alongside the road and bridge.
Partly cloudy and windy with several MM rainfall in past 24 hrs. Water very low and mud bars showing. Lots of weeds and algae as usual, and many ducks on the water.
Sunny day with thin clouds up high and no rain in past 24 hrs. Windy too. Very heavily overgrown with weeds and bullrushes. A large carp was floating dead in the water on other side of the bridge. Bag of garbage left at side of the river. Single swan in the distance .
Sunny with a few wispy clouds and no rain in past 24 hrs. Single swan on the pond not bothered at all me and our dog doing our testing nearby. So much weed growth and green algae bloom everywhere. Can hear lots of bullfrogs and toads croaking.
Sunny windy day with no rain in past 24 hrs. 3 or 4 swans, Canada Geese, a duck and songbirds in the area.
Overcast with some rain off & on and about 8 Mm in the past 24 hrs. Flock of Canada Geese flew away from the water as I arrived. Some ducks and a single heron around. So much green algae on the surface and many spots showing the muddy bottoms as no water there now. Conductivity reading was sky high and barely any Dissolved Oxygen in the water….not healthy signs!