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Someone Was Arrested For Killing Geese In Springfield — But It Wasn’t A Haitian (www.huffpost.com)

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Brian Comer, a 64-year-old white man, was accused of illegally hunting geese at a golf course on the day Trump amplified racist lies about Haitian immigrants in the city.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I grew up in Regina and remember my dad talking about not being able to swim in Wascana Lake because of the goose poo/cattle poo contamination.

Fyi Regina is one of the only major cities in North America not built on a major natural water source.

Wascana lake was created in 1883 by damming Wascana Creek, a low flow seasonal run-off stream, to serve as a reliable water reservoir for the town and railway (the railway used it as a watering hole for the cattle they transported)

The lake continued for a time to be used as a domestic water supply and for stock watering; it also supplied the new legislative building. A longer term effect resulted, however, when lake water was used to cool machinery in the power plant (now the Powerhouse Museum) that was built in the eastern sector. Heated water returned to the lake, causing that sector to remain ice-free through the winter, and several species of migratory birds made it their year-round habitat.

Canada geese are one of those, so Regina has a year-round population as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wascana_Centre

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That is the exact park of my goose encounters, lol. It's oddly comforting to know I was not their only victim.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would Salt Lake City be another? The lake itself obviously isn't potable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It seems the City Creek Stream naturally ran from the canyon into parts of Salt Lake City.

City Creek Canyon, located northeast of Salt Lake City, collects water from 19.2 square miles of watershed that feeds the 14.5 mile-long City Creek stream. Since the arrival of the Mormon pioneers in 1847 this water supply has been used by first the settlers, and later the inhabitants of the City. It played a significant role in the valley's early history, as the settlement was based on agriculture through artificial irrigation of the desert soil. City Creek was designated as the pioneer's first source of water providing both irrigation and domestic supplies. Today it remains an important part of the City's water supply providing water by gravity flow to the Avenues, Ensign Downs and downtown areas. PDF source

City Creek is a small but historically important mountain stream that flows from City Creek Canyon and across part of Salt Lake City, Utah, and into the Jordan River which empties into the Great Salt Lake. Source