Beverly in Toledo in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Improving Delaware Creek

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 26, 2023

1. Improving Delaware Creek Marker

Inscription. Newly installed rain gardens and bioswales will help fix erosion problems, reduce runoff, and improve water quality and habitat. Delaware Creek is a 1.8-mile stream that drains five square miles. It enters the Maumee River at river mile 9.2.

1 West Rain Garden
8.280-square-foot rain garden and bloswale at Wildwood Blvd and Sherwood Ave.

2 Terraced Rain Garden
600-square-foot tiered rain garden along a highly eroded streambank on Wildwood Blvd between Marengo St. and Beverly Dr.

East Rain Garden
2340-square-faat rain garden and bloswale at the end of Wildwood Blvd. off River Rd.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 41° 36.288′ N, 83° 36.347′ W. Marker is in Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in Beverly. It is on Sherwood Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2530 Sherwood Ave, Toledo OH 43614, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chessie Circle Trail - Copland Blvd. (approx. 0.8 miles away); Medical College of Ohio (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Toledo State Hospital New Cemetery, 1922-1973 (approx. 0.9 miles

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away); The Sight Center of Northwest Ohio (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Toledo State Hospital Old Cemetery, 1888-1922 (approx. 1.3 miles away); The New Safari Railroad Encircling Africa! (approx. 1½ miles away); Emerson (approx. 1½ miles away); Chessie Circle Trail - River Rd. (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Toledo.

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 26, 2023

2. Improving Delaware Creek Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 244 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 27, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.