Thurston Street Canal

What I see: This time, ducks in a ditch

Written June 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Albany’s Thurston Street Canal, if you can call it a canal, appears on this site from time to time. That’s because, well, I like it.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany east side, historic canal, old Albany, older neighborhood, Thurston Creek, Thurston Street, Thurston Street Canal

Left in the dust: old Thurston Canal

Written May 11th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Hardly any water flows in the little ditch known as the Thurston Street Canal or “Thurston Creek” in the best of times. On Sunday I was surprised to see that one section had gone completely dry.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany canals, CARA, Thurston Creek, Thurston ditch, Thurston Street Canal

This used to be a major Albany canal

Written August 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

It’s a shame what has happened to one of Albany’s canals, the one that runs down Thurston Street from Seventh Avenue to the Willamette River.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany canals, canals, Santiam Canal, small canals, Thurston Street Canal, waterways

Where did the ditch go?

Written April 30th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Nobody seems to love what’s left of Albany’s Thurston Street Canal. Decades ago it was turned into a narrow ditch. The water flow is very sluggish. Now somebody was kind enough to cut the grass on the banks. But look where the cuttings ended up: In the ditch, making an already stagnant waterway even more so.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany canals, Thurston Street Canal, Town Center Plan