The new 25-acre Pioneer Crossing Regional Park in West Valley City features a playground and a small climbing area for children. It also aims to provide different ways to experience the river and its ecosystem.
WEST VALLEY CITY — A memory rekindled for Martin Jensen as he wandered the banks of the Jordan River on a comfortable and virtually cloudless Thursday morning.
But that's beginning to change as the county and the cities the river crosses through change policies to bring the Jordan River closer to what it looked like when pioneer settlers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 176 years ago. This includes the new"This area is dramatically changing, and changing for the good," he said, moments before helping cut a ribbon to ceremoniously open the new park Thursday.
However, most of the park's features aim to provide visitors with different ways to experience the river and its ecosystem. There are pathways that connect with the Jordan River Parkway Trail along with a small fishing pier and the river's first adaptive boat ramp, allowing people of all abilities to launch canoes, kayaks and paddleboards into the water.
He believes Pioneer Crossing Regional Park highlights the new direction of how the river is being utilized. The river offers a place for people to cool down in the summer and view all sorts of birds, mammals and other wildlife. Custer, a cycling instructor for Wasatch Adaptive Sports, pulled herself out of her wheelchair, using a bench on the dock to pull herself into a kayak and launch herself out into the water. After a short paddle in the water, she docked back on land and got herself back onto her wheelchair. She found the experience to be fairly simple, giving it an eight out of 10 on a scale of ease.
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