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Huron River Greenway MetroPark |
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Milan Side South From Downtown Milan |
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The Village of Milan to Mason Road, southern portion of the Huron River Greenway trail, is mostly a cinder railbed trail that generally follows the towpath of the Milan Canal. A dispute over a privately owned section of the trail (near Mason Road) prevents the public from going from one trailhead to the other. However each side of the trail has a parking area and access to the trail up to the barricades blocking the public from the privately owned section. This is an enormously historic area for the citizens of Milan because the south trail follows the towpath route of the historic Milan Canal which existed from 1826 to when it closed in 1869. This trail begins at the bottom of the Main Street hill and the entrance to the trail is directly beside what was once the industrious harbor area of the canal. A warehouse building from the Milan Canal period still stands beside the entrance to the trail. The area that was the Milan Canal runs beside the trail all the way to the "Idaho" historical marker near Mason Road. Although this section of the Huron River Greenway trail has not been improved to the extent of the Huron side, it is nevertheless a flat level trail that is easy to walk and yet primitive enough to allow the visitor to imagine that they are seeing many of the same things that the pioneer settlers may have saw when they first came to this area in the early 1800's. |
