Project: Terracotta Eco-Park
Location: Ville de Pointe Claire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Description: In 1990 the municipality of Pointe-Claire decided to transform an old clay pit into a public park. The part of the site that had not been touched by the extraction included a mature maple grove and a stream with serious erosion problems. During phase 1 of the project, carried out in 1990 to 1993, Medialand made a drainage study identifying locations in need of work and corrective methods, also designing recreational areas and planting that preserved the integrity and ecologic vocation of the site. A thorough study of the problems caused by erosion was produced thereafter.

In 2000-01 Phase 2 was undertaken, with major stabilization work of the stream carried out by the Érostable company. The work, using eco-engineering and gabions, made it possible to maintain the surrounding vegetation, to slow down the current velocity and retain a quantity of the water on site.