{"id":5569,"date":"2023-07-24T00:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T04:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=5569"},"modified":"2023-08-05T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:19:39","slug":"lawsons-brook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=5569","title":{"rendered":"Lawsons Brook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsons Brook is the stream that drains Williams Lake, beginning\u00a0 at the dam on Williams Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lawsons-Brook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5574\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lawsons-Brook-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lawsons-Brook-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lawsons-Brook-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lawsons-Brook-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Lawsons-Brook.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5617\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/lawsons-brook-williams-lake-halifax-ns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5617\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5617\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.22.37-PM-1024x364.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.22.37-PM-1024x364.png 1024w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.22.37-PM-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.22.37-PM-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.22.37-PM.png 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>iNaturalist Project for Lawson&#8217;s Brook<\/strong>. <em>Click on image to go to the Project Page<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5618\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.21.35-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5618\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5618\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.21.35-PM-1024x621.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.21.35-PM-1024x621.png 1024w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.21.35-PM-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.21.35-PM-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2023-08-04-at-8.21.35-PM.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Lawsons Brook &#8220;Place Map&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5628\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5628\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5628\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC07365_2000.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>View looking upstream in a section of Lawsons Brook free of invasive plants. <\/strong>Aug 2, 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>View also:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=5582\"><strong>Exotic &#038; Invasive plant species on Lawsons Brook<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPage on this website<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.halifax.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/city-hall\/standing-committees\/220203essc1211.pdf\">Declining Water Levels in Williams Lake<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nItem No. 12.1.1 HalifaxEnvironment &amp; Sustainability Standing Committee February 3, 2022<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/purcellsbacklands\/backlandsJn1Aug25\/index.html\">Last Days of an Urban Wilderness?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWilliams &amp; Colpitt Lakes Backlands. Photos from hikes with Halifax Field Naturalists (August 25th, 2012 &amp;Williams Lake Conservation Co. (June 1st, 2012)<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/BeoyondTheNWArm.pdf\"><strong>Beyond the NW Arm: A local history of Williams Lake<\/strong><\/a> Compiled for the Williams Lake Conservation Co. 1979 by Heather Watts. Describes the industrial (settler) history of Lawsons Brook &amp; the founding of the Williams Lake Conservation Company: &#8220;The Williams\u00b7 Lake Conservation Company was organized from among local residents in 1968 and continues to hold the water rights to the lake and to care for the dam which is located on land belonging to the McCurdy estate [now the Shaw Wilderness Park].&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsons Brook is the stream that drains Williams Lake, beginning\u00a0 at the dam on Williams Lake View also: &#8211; Exotic &#038; Invasive plant species on Lawsons Brook Page on this website &#8211; Declining Water Levels in Williams Lake Item No. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=5569\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3940,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5569"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5632,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5569\/revisions\/5632"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}