Water lovers unite! Join us for World Oceans Day on June 8th to celebrate both the proclamation of the Year of the Salish Sea and the launch of the Swim Drink Fish 2021 Water Monitoring Report.
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In the heart of Vancouver, you’ll find one of the most popular urban areas to explore by foot, bike, or boat, False Creek. This is a special location to all Vancouverites, one that hosts popular sites along its shores such as the Seawall, Granville Island, and Science World. But to us here at Fraser Riverkeeper, it acts as a unique marine ecosystem that we get to work and play at as we sample the waters of False Creek year-round to provide accessible water quality data.
As an initiative of Swim Drink Fish, Fraser Riverkeeper is dedicated to ensuring the right of all citizens to safely swim, drink, and fish in BC waters.
Our volunteers participate in shoreline cleanups and get trained as citizen scientists so they can help keep the public informed about local water quality. Sign up today!
Swim Guide is a free website and mobile app that helps you easily find your closest beaches, know which ones are clean for swimming, and report pollution concerns.
Your donations help us to improve our programs and work with authorities to safeguard public access to swimmable, drinkable, and fishable water in B.C.
The Watermark Project is a community effort to collect and archive true stories about the ways people interact with water, with the goal of archiving one story from every Canadian household.