Side Cut Metropark

Side Cut Metropark is a regional park in Maumee, Ohio, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo and named for being a sidecut on the Miami and Erie Canal.^[5] The sidecut was built over an 18-year period in the nineteenth century and completed in 1842, opening to boat traffic the following year. It closed in 1850 after being bypassed by an extension of the main canal. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[6]

Side Cut Metropark
Canal locks #3 and #4
Type	Regional park
Location	Maumee, Ohio
Coordinates	41°33′18″N 83°40′22″W
Area	323 acres (131 ha)[1]
Created	1930[2]
Operated by	Metroparks Toledo
Open	Year-round, 7 a.m. until dark daily[3]
Maumee Sidecut
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	N of Maumee River, SW of Ewing Island, Maumee, Ohio
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1842 (1842)
NRHP reference No.	73001500[4]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

It features Bluegrass Island, a popular fishing destination. Obtained from the state of Ohio in the 1920s, Side Cut was the original metropark.^[5]