• About WordPress
    • WordPress.org
    • Documentation
    • Support
    • Feedback

Watersheds Canada – Work, Live & Play in Healthy Lakes and Rivers

Partners Login Sign Up
  • Our Programs
  • About Us
  • What’s New
  • Blog
  • Gift Catalogue
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • Our Programs
  • About Us
  • What’s New
  • Blog
  • Gift Catalogue
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

Our Programs

Walleye Spawning Restoration Projects

 

Ardoch Lake Walleye Spawning Bed Enhancement Project

Due to the location and the lack of accessibility to the two lake shoals, it was determined that two barges would be rented and that the washed river stone would be need to be moved by hand. Over a hundred milk crates were gathered to transport the rock via barge to the shoals and the search for volunteers began.

Read more

 

Howes Lake – Cole Creek Spawning Bed & Creek Restoration

Howes Lake is home to a historic walleye spawning bed located on Cole Creek but unfortunately due to beaver damage it has been inaccessible to the walleye during times of spawning. The beaver have blocked the creek in several locations. The residents of Howes Lake wanted to restore and enhance this creek so they contacted Watersheds Canada (restored spawning bed pictured, left).

Read more

 

Long Lake – Walleye Enhancement Project

It was decided that we would execute a winter spawning bed enhancement. Long Lake was a perfect candidate for this technique because it has very little flow and ice movement in the spring. So we decided that we would ask volunteers to bring snowmobiles, ATVs, tractors, sleds and trailers to transport the washed river stone 1.5 km across the ice to the spawning beds. Volunteers would then dump and spread out the rock on top of the ice, where it would then drop into place in the spring once the ice melted. The project would take place once the ice was safe for heavy vehicle traffic.

Read more

 

Mary Jane’s Creek – Walleye Enhancement Project

This creek is found near Westport, Ontario and was chosen for its potential to increase the Walleye spawning habitat available downstream of the dam on Mary Jane’s Creek. Walleye spawning beds are typically gravel shoals or rocky shallows with wave action present. Moving water oxygen in the water facilitates spawning.

Read more

 

Sharbot Lake Walleye Spawning Bed Restoration

Another successful walleye spawning bed restoration project was completed in the fall of 2017 on Sharbot Lake in partnership with the Sharbot Lake Property Owners Association. Watersheds Canada received approval and funding from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to proceed with the fish habitat project for two sites on Sharbot Lake.

Read more

 

Twin Sister Lakes Walleye Spawning Bed Restoration Project

Watersheds Canada completed the last fish habitat project of 2017 on Twin Sister Lakes, north of Marmora. With funding from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, as well as the Ontario Community Environment Fund, two historical walleye spawning beds, one in each basin, were restored.

Read more

 

White Lake Spawning Bed Project

White Lake, located west of Arnprior, was the setting of a fisheries habitat enhancement project led by Watersheds Canada staff and Lanark County Stewardship Council members. The project looked to improve the overall health of White Lake by restoring natural shorelines, creating and enhancing spawning beds for walleye.

Read more

Get Involved!

Explore volunteer, internship and co-op opportunities.

Contact Us

Sign up for our Newsletter!

Sign up for our FREE newsletter to receive the latest news from Watersheds Canada:

  • Home
  • Our Programs
  • About Us
  • What’s New
  • Blog
  • Gift Catalogue
  • Contact
  • Donate
footer-logo
Phone: 613-264-1244Office: 115-40 Sunset Boulevard, Perth, Ontario K7H 2Y4
© Copyright Watersheds Canada. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy | Web design/development by 1dea Design + Media Inc.
  • Work, Live, Play in Canada’s Lakes & Rivers
  • Staff & Board Members
  • Annual Reports
  • Employment
  • Partners & Supporters
  • Our Impact