| Tire-Free Rivers |
| Saint John River, New Brunswick |
 Ken Corbett, Numbers 109 and 110, Saint John River , June 15, 2009 |
Saint John RiverNumbers 109-110Now that the easier tires have been picked off the banks and the shallow water, I have to wear my rubber boots and pack a shovel. I guess that's a good thing, it means I'm getting close to cleaning up the riverbank near my home in Fredericton. Note the honest river mud on my shin. I'm not having a good time if I don't get a little dirty. |
 These tires, lower left and upper centre, are in a cluster of five (at least I have seen five) on the bank below the site of the former French fort founded by Villebon in the 1690s. Now there are three left there, one truck tire in the mud, a small tire partly pinned by a maple, and another small tire ten feet out and five feet deep. Their days are numbered. |
 I have permission from the manager of the Northside Tire Center to drop my river tires on his tire pile, on the right side of this building on Main Street. The tires are trucked to the tire recycling plant in Minto, and used in the manufacture of consumer goods like liveestock bedding. |
 My neighbor Sheila guides her kayak on the Saint John River in Fredericton. |
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