Canada Water
Canada Water is a freshwater lake and nature reserve in Rotherhithe ( London) in the Docklands. The Canada Water station is named after the lake and lies just north then, while the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre adjoins the south by Canada Water.
The lake was named after the former Canada Dock, a historic harbor basin, the northern third of the lake is today. The rest was filled. The Canada Dock got its name because there mainly docked ships from Canada. How many bodies of the Docklands were also the Surrey Commercial Docks, to which the Canada Dock was closed in the 1970s. In the 1980s the London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC ) took over the land, and invested heavily in the city's development. About half of Canada Dock was filled and the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre built it. An ornamental canal, Albion Channel ( through the now -filled Albion Dock), was that the Canada Water and Surrey Water together. With the excavation of Stave Hill was dumped in nearby Russia Dock Woodland.
The area around the Thames gentrified quickly, and when the Jubilee Line was extended in 1999, the focus shifted to the area by the lake. The opening of the subway station Canada Water made for a good connection to public transport; Canary Wharf is just one stop away, Westminster less than 10 minutes and Bond Street about 15 minutes.
The largest part of the site is currently being rebuilt fundamentally. There are new residential buildings, a new library, cafes and restaurants, recreational sports facilities on the lake and even the establishment of a mall is planned.
Canada Water is the only freshwater lake in the Docklands. During the renovation work at the beginning of the 1980s, a portion of the barrier has been damaged and polluted the water. The LDDC repaired the damage and turned the water quality recovers. The water supply should be ensured through a pipe connection to the flooded tunnels of the London Underground, but the water could not be used for hygienic reasons. Well they tried to take water from the Thames itself, but the amount needed would have been too large for the prevailing conditions. Finally, investigations revealed the landscape architect Fraser Borwick that you previously abpumpte groundwater for various industrial processes using wind power. In examining the holes of the construction company of the Jubilee Line, it was found that large amounts of water were present there, and so a 80 m deep borehole was carried out. The well was cased to depth of 60 m and the remaining 20 m run in the chalk cliffs. The water is brought up with a wind- powered pump and ensures that the lake is always filled with fresh water.