CANADA: raise awareness of various threats such as aggregate mining, development and pollution facing the river’s watershed.

In Canada, a few of the events include:

⦁ The "salmon spotting campaign" of the Pacific Salmon Foundation ⦁ BC Rivers Day celebrations organized by the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC - event details ⦁ The Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC and the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust (NALT) will be releasing a much-anticipated film on Blue Ecology (or water-based ecology to some) that outlines an incredibly progressive and much needed ecological philosophy interweaving indigenous and western perspectives ⦁ The Hope Mountain Center for Outdoor Learning is organizing a giant flotilla of canoes, kayaks and voyageurs that will travel 25 km on the Fraser River from Hope to Agassiz - event details

⦁ In North Delta, Surrey, the Cougar Creek Strem Keepers and the BC Wildlife Federation will be holding a 2-day workshop on Fish Habitat Stewardship - registration ⦁ A special promotional event on September 20, in Burnaby along Guichon Creek by the BC Institute of Technology focusing on tours, displays and stream side planting ⦁ In Ontario, an indigenous led group of Anishnaabe, Dene, Metis among others, known as the Water Walkers for the Missinnihe (Credit) River, will conduct ceremonies to raise awareness of various threats such as aggregate mining, development and pollution facing the river’s watershed ⦁ The Red River Paddling Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 23-24 ⦁ The Seymour River Hatchery in North Vancouver will be hosting their annual estuary clean-up and planting in conjunction with MV staff and volunteers

⦁ West Creek Awareness and Eddie Gardner of the Wild Salmon Defenders Alliance are planning a Rivers Day Celebration from Hope to Fort Langley. They will be highlighting the importance of saving and protecting the Fraser River wild salmon. ⦁ There will be the always popular World Rivers Day celebration in Burnaby, at the Burnaby Village Museum with lots of displays, streamside activities, and entertainment ⦁ In New Westminster, on Saturday September 23, the annual Riverfest celebration will be held in honour of WRD, and organized by the Fraser River Discovery Center. ⦁ Major cleanups on rivers such as the one organized by the Chilliwack/Vedder Cleanup Society ⦁ In Maple Ridge, the Alouette River Management Society will host their 30th annual Ridge Meadows Rivers Day celebration ⦁ On September 22, to kick off BCRD and WRD weekend, the Rivershed Society has organized a voyageur canoe trip down the lower Fraser from Dewdney Regional Park to Glen Valley Regional Park ⦁ In Vancouver, there will be a launch of Peter Rowland’s new book, Stikine Odyssey on Saturday, September 23 - event details ⦁ There will be the launch of expanded fishing line recycling efforts by the Freshwater Fisheries Society and the ORCBC in British Columbia ⦁ In Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, there will be some amazing activities on the “Art of Nurturing Nature” including the Story of Beach Creek and other fish tales - event details ⦁ In Carman, Manitoba, the : Keepers will be hosting a special WRD event ⦁ And a special Riverfest celebration will be held in the town of Lytton BC.

Events WRD2023 - In canada.