Cape Croker Park
Nucor Skyline supplies sheet piles to give an old wharf a new life
Submitted by Nucor
Cape Croker Park is located on the eastern
shore of the Bruce Peninsula on Sydney Bay,
in Ontario. The park is owned and operated
by the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First
Nation. Encompassing over 520 acres, Cape Croker Park
is a recreational facility that includes 315 campsites,
hiking trails and a sheltered harbour with dockage for
recreational vessels of all sizes. Located on the eastern
side of the Bruce Peninsula, Cape Croker Park is open
for travellers from the first weekend in May through to
Thanksgiving, when it closes for the season.
The Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
realized it was time to rehabilitate an old timber
wharf at the park. Due to its age and the harsh winter
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
conditions on Sydney Bay, the wooden wharf was no longer
safe for park visitors to use. The Chippewas of Nawash
Unceded First Nation was able to secure funding from
the Department of Indigenous Services Canada for the
rehabilitation project.
The Ottawa office of Stantec Consulting, Ltd., was
responsible for the design work on the project. The
design consisted of two parallel sheet pile bulkhead walls,
encapsulating an existing L-shaped, concrete-capped
timber crib wharf.
Dean Construction Co., Ltd. (Dean), of Windsor, Ont.,
was awarded the contract to reconstruct the wharf.
Working with Stantec Consulting on the job, Dean
secured the specified steel sheet piling from Nucor
PHOTOS: DEAN CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
Bulkhead wall for new pier at Cape Croker Park
using steel sheet pile supplied by Nucor Skyline
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