Welcome to ohiowaterways.com!   If you are here, it is likely that you are working on a project with me and are contemplating making a contribution to the site.

Ohiowaterways describes life along the Ohio Canal and the Little Cuyahoga River that run through Akron, Ohio.  The form of the site is an illustrated dictionary.   The dictionary contains information about plants, animals, built things, organizations, and culture and landscape found along the canal and the river.  The dictionary is open ended, that is, there can be more entries added and as many different kinds of illustrations of the entries as are presented by participants.  A single definition can have many different illustrations.  Some could be drawings, others photographs or videos.

If you have an idea for the site please contact me.  If you have a definition or an illustration you may email it to me by using the address to the left.

Thank you,

Donna Webb

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Duck

Any of various swimming birds of the family Anatidae, characterized by having the neck and legs short and the sexes almost always differing from each other in plumage. They are smaller than swans or geese. … more →

E.P.A. Testing Station

A small brick building located in front of the Mustill House. It is used to monitor water levels in the canal. It is also equipped with automatic sampling apparatus to monitor pollution though for some … more →

Eastern Cottonwood

(Populous deltoides) A fast growing, water loving , small tree that grows along the canal and the Cuyahoga River. Cottonwood or aspen are the favorite food of beavers. Northeast Ohio had no beavers in the … more →

Ebony Spleenworts

(Asplenium platyneuron) A small patch grows in the crevices between the sandstone block of the old train trestle on the west side of Howard Street.

Enchanter’s Nightshade

(Circaea lutetiana) A plant of the deep woods. It was named for the sorceress, Circe who used a poison form of it in her magic. The fruit sticks to dogs and socks in the fall.