Earlier Riverside Wick
 

Wick River Index

Picture - Sent in By Iris Whiting (nee Cormack) who left with her family to go to Australia in 1953

Another picture from Iris Whiting (nee Cormack) in Australia.  The boats stopped being on the river in the late 70's when the wier was opened up to try to get rid of the weed that was choking the river.  It was thought that the weed was due to run off fertilisers  being applied on farms and the slow moving water at the boating area caused a build up.
Over the years the question of having the boats back in the river has always arisen from time to time.  But to date the money has never been found to build the necessary construction to allow salmon to get up river  and ensure the weed problems do not return to choke that part of the river.