Side Cut Metropark is a

regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government. Definition A regional park can be a special park distr ...

Maumee, Ohio Maumee ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Maumee River, it is a suburb about southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. The population was 13,896 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Maumee was declared an Al ...

, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo and named for being a sidecut on the

Miami and Erie Canal The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal that ran from Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati to Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, creating a water route between the Ohio River and Lake Erie. Construction on the canal began in 1825 and was completed in 1845 at a co ...

. The sidecut was built over an 18-year period in the nineteenth century and completed in 1842, opening to boat traffic the following year. It closed in 1850 after being bypassed by an extension of the main canal. It was listed on the

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in 1973. It features Bluegrass Island, a popular fishing destination. Obtained from the state of

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in the 1920s, Side Cut was the original metropark.Side Cut -Metroparks of the Toledo Area

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Metroparks ToledoPark Map
Protected areas of Lucas County, Ohio Parks in Ohio Works Progress Administration in Toledo, Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps in Ohio Metroparks Toledo National Register of Historic Places in Lucas County, Ohio {{NorthwestOH-geo-stub