Welcome to the Watersheds Canada Resource Library!

Here you will find a comprehensive collection of free educational resources dedicated to helping rural shoreline property owners, families, municipalities, lake groups, and educators protect their lakes and restore natural habitat. Explore guides, best practices, case studies, lesson plans, and tools to become a freshwater protector. All resources are freely shareable so please include them in a newsletter, on social media, or printed for a community booth!
Funding support thanks to Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation, and S.M. Blair Family Foundation.

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Fish Habitat 9
Freshwater Stewardship Community 57
Freshwater, Plants, and People 19
Lake Links 12
Love Your Lake 46
Nature Discovery Programming 38
Ottawa Faith Community Capacity Building Program 33
Planning for our Shorelands 18
The Natural Edge 96
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Sustaining our Freshwater - A special World Water Day presentation

Protecting your community’s freshwater and shoreland areas is very important but it can be hard to know where to start. You may have trouble understanding technical documents, or figuring out the “best” first step when …

1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Talk to the Birds

This document provides guidelines for staying safe while exploring the outdoors. It emphasizes the importance of physical distancing, hygiene practices, and bringing necessary items such as masks, snacks, and sunscreen. Additionally, it offers tips for …

1 file Nature Discovery Pr…
Teacher Information Sheet – Fish Habitat Lesson PDF

This reference documents helps teachers understand the basic needs of different fish species and their habitat needs. This document is helpful for teachers who want to deliver fish-centred programming in their classroom and want to …

1 file Freshwater, Plants,…
Ten Days of Winter Fun! (2022)

Our annual '10 Days of Winter' campaign provides you with fun activities, crafts, and resources to help you get outside and connect with nature throughout the winter months. This is the 2022 edition that includes …

1 link Uncategorized
Ten Days of Winter Fun! (2023)

Our annual '10 Days of Winter' campaign provides you with fun activities, crafts, and resources to help you get outside and connect with nature throughout the winter months. This is the 2023 edition that includes …

1 link Uncategorized
Ten Days of Winter Fun! (2024)

Our annual '10 Days of Winter' campaign provides you with fun activities, crafts, and resources to help you get outside and connect with nature throughout the winter months. This is the 2024 edition that includes …

1 link Uncategorized
Ten Days of Winter Fun! (2025)

Our annual '10 Days of Winter' campaign provides you with fun activities, crafts, and resources to help you get outside and connect with nature throughout the winter months. This is the 2025 edition that includes …

1 link Uncategorized
Ten successful years for Love Your Lake

This blog post was written in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of our shoreline assessment program, Love Your Lake. It highlights the impact of the program so far, and tells of the most important …

1 link Love Your Lake
Thank you for a great year!

This blog post was written as a thank you to all the staff, board, volunteers, and financial supporters that supported our work in 2016.

1 link Love Your Lake