A series of waterfalls in the Prospect Gorge, principally Trenton Falls, was a major tourist attraction in the past.

Today, all of the West Canada Creek is classified and protected under the New York State Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System Act.

[11] Some logging occurred at Nobleboro before the Civil War, but by the late 1800s a new call for lumber and paper caused new activity in the woods of the region.

Since then the land here has healed nearly hiding the once-thriving industrial complex once known as "Nobleboro, the gateway to the great north woods".

[12] In 1922 the Adirondack Mountain Club was founded with the purpose of enacting conservation work and maintaining trails.

By the 1930s float planes were bringing increasing numbers of anglers to the West Canada Lakes and the trout population was decreasing rapidly.

[15] In 1863, William H. Seward, then Secretary of State to Abraham Lincoln, met with representatives of foreign nations at Trenton Falls to persuade them not to recognize the Confederacy.

The West Canada Creek's south branch gets its start at T-lake, northwest of Piseco Lake.

It travels southwest, through the town of Morehouse, and joins the main branch of the West Canada at Nobleboro.

The watershed at Nobleboro covers some 240 square miles (620 km2) of the southwestern Adirondack Park, and is rich in natural resources.

The West Canada Lakes Wilderness Area has been expanded to include Fort Noble Mountain, which was the site of a fire tower that was erected in 1916 until it was deactivated and removed in 1985.

Hinckley Reservoir, named after a community at its western end, is a man-made lake on the West Canada Creek just upstream from the Prospect Gorge.

[19] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains stream gauges along the West Canada.