Is Your Favorite Lake or River Protected?!
Thanks to our first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, Canadians have had the historic right to navigate the millions of lakes, rivers, and streams of Canada without being impeded by pipelines, bridges, power lines, dams, mining and forestry equipment, and more for 130 years.
Thanks to current Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that will no longer be the job of the Government of Canada.
If your favorite lake or river is not mentioned in Bill C-45, you’re out of luck. Chances are, it’s not; only 62 rivers and 93 lakes are on the list.
Look for your lake or river on the list below. (It won’t take you long!)
If it’s not there, tell us!
Which Lake or River is Not Protected?
Name | Province | Lake-River |
|---|---|---|
Nella Pidutti | Nova Scotia | Mistake Lake aka Porter's Lake, Lake Mulgrave, Barnes Lake, Haines Lake, Sissiboo River |
Matt Williams | BC | Shawnagan Lake |
Carol Brown | BC | Shawnigan Lake |
Andy Tait | AB | Saunders Lake |
Karen Dauphinee | Nova Scotia | Little Albro Lake |
Sue Stanger | B.C. | Kootenay Lake |
Simo Jamsa | Ontario | All Canadian waterways |
Peter Davidson | QC | Lac Corbeau |
Joan MacKinnon | Ontario | St. Lawrence River |
teresahlynn24@gmail.com | bc | ALL OF THEM!!!! |
Teresah | bc | Lakes, Great Central, Woss, Nitinat, Nimpkish, Sproat, Kennedy, Cameron, Cowichan, Shawnigan, Comox, Campbell, Buttle, Horne, Spider, Thetis, Rivers: Vedder, Chilliwack, Nitinat, Nimpkish, Englishman, Goldstream, Sooke, Cowichan, Big and Little Qualicum |
Riley Evad | British Columbia | Comox Lake |
Riley Evad | British Columbia | Little Qualicum River |
Riley Evad | British Columbia | Sproat Lake |
Riley Evad | British Columbia | Cameron Lake |
niko racicot | ontario | muskoka lake |
Steve Musclow | Ontario | Madawaska River |
Sharon O'Neill | On | Trout Lake |
Daniel Olmstead | mindom2004@gmail.com | mindom2004@gmail.com |
Anne Rankin | Nova Scotia | All lakes on the mainland of NS are unprotected |
Nat Bailey | Alberta | North & South Ram Rivers |
Ian Burt | saskatchewan | Churchill River |
Dianne Haggarty | ontario | Bay of Quinte |
H Boyle | BC | Kootenay Lake |
Sharon Cross | BC | St. Mary's River |
jackie.hookimaw@gmail.com | jackie.hookimaw@gmail.com | Attawapiskat River - Mukeiti lake Ring of Fire area |
jackie.hookimaw@gmail.com | jackie.hookimaw@gmail.com | jackie.hookimaw@gmail.com |
Kevin McGinn | BC | All the rivers and lakes need to be protected - they belong to all citizens of the world, not just Canadians - they are part of the earth's environment -they are not a comodity |
Val Grainger | All | Ontario |
Al Wright | Ontario | All! |
brenda wainman | Ontario | :Lake Talon |
Maddy Wheesk | ON | Albany River |
Daena | BC | All our water needs protection |
Donna Martin | BC | Cowichan Lake Cowichan River |
Susie | Ontario | Balsam Lake |
MJS Lachaine | Ontario | ALL !!! Lakes And Rivers Across Canada And World !!! |
ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Ontario | Rideau |
Al R. | Ontario | Rouge River |
Clorice Robertson | BC | Nanaimo River and Cameron Lake |
Sue Donaldson | Ontario | Black River, Prince Edward Co |
Alex Voogjarv | Ontari | Knogamissi lake |
James Coons | Ontario | Sunny Water, Temagami |
James Coons | Ontario | Wolf Lake,Temagami Park |
Robin Ducharme | Quebec | Kipawa Lake/Brennan (Sairs) Lake |
Carol-Ann McKenzie | Quebec | Kipawa Lake~Brennan(Sairs) Lake |
Chas Florey | Quebec | Lake Kipawa |
Ginette Vaillancourt | Quebec | Kipawa Lake |
Sharon Larrissey | Quebec | Pine Lake (St. Alphonse de Rodrigues) |
Natalie Larocque-Comé | Ontario | Sturgeon River, Wawiaskashi Lake (A.K.A. Grassy Lake), ALL OF CANADA LAKES!! Why are some more important than others?? |
Meghan Shutler | ontario | Roblin Lake and Shadow Lake |
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