Hsinchu park canal returns to life after restoration projectBy Hung Mei-hsiu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerA three-stage purification process used in Hsinchu City’s Gangnan Canal Park (港南運河公園) has significantly improved the environment and enlivened the canal, which had much of its life choked off by algae, the Hsinchu City Government said. The improved water conditions have made the park an attraction for canoeing, it added. People paddle canoes in Gangnan Canal Park in Hsinchu City in an undated photograph. Photo courtesy of the Hsinchu City GovernmentThe plan was to landscape the entire canal shoreline to make it an attraction in the Hsinchu 17 Kilometer Coastline Scenic Area, which was completed in 2018. After a trial run of canoeing activities in 2019, the city government opened the canal for canoeing during this year’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend.
