page_title: Cooks Mills, Welland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Cooks Mills, Welland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Cooks Mills as viewed from the East Main St. viaduct just east of Highway 140 intersection. The unassuming homes, large wooded areas, and interspersed empty fields are typical of the community. Originally taken at dusk, which can be seen on the original picture. The second version has tweaked brightness/contrast, so that it looks rather normal, if a bit gloomy. The thingy in the middle of the picture is not a UFO, rather the leftovers of me Photoshopping a drop of moisture out of the original picture. Taken by me, 21.12.2005.
context_page_description: Cooks Mills is a small community in the easternmost part of the city of Welland in Ontario, Canada. It was established, and is still centred, on a Welland River tributary called Lyons Creek. It is almost entirely a bedroom community, as there are few employers located in the area.
context_section_description: The Welland By-Pass channel separates Cooks Mills from the main urbanized area of City of Welland. The most direct ways of crossing the channel are the Main Street and Townline Tunnels.
  Built-up areas in Cooks Mills are located close to the roads; the rest of the area consists mainly of wooded lots and fields. The Niagara Road 27, commonly known as Schisler Road, linking Welland and Niagara Falls, runs to the north of the centre of the community, and Highway 140 runs to the west, while Montrose Road runs to the east, and Netherby Road runs to the south.
  The main area of Welland is located to the west. To the east is Niagara Falls, to the north is Thorold, and to the south is Port Colborne.
caption: A typical Cooks Mills landscape in the winter.
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