Look today at the mouth of the Tanshui, which long ago inspired Mackay to spend his life in Taiwan. These days apartment buildings crowd the slopes of the hills in the surrounding districts of Pali, Tanshui, and Kuantu, and about the only green spaces visible are decorative lawns in front of the houses.
重新佇立讓馬偕醫生與台灣訂下終身之約的淡水河出海口，往兩岸八里、淡水、關渡眺望，如今幢幢巨廈巍峨凌駕在山丘之上，山坡林地被砍伐得只剩華宅周遭點綴式的綠地。