Columbia’s beloved riverfront park and riverwalk spanning the length of the city’s canal will stay largely closed for at least a year, as the city inches forward major repair work to fortify one of Columbia’s main water sources.
The Columbia Canal suffered heavy damage during the historic flood that hit the city in 2015. Record-setting rainfall and numerous dam breaches left much of Columbia underwater. Water tore through the canal, leaving a 60-foot hole in the embankment and incapacitating numerous headgates that control the flow of water into the canal…