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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All Categories 448
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
Uncategorized 107

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Sustaining our Freshwater - A special World Water Day presentation
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. …

1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Talk to the Birds
Talk to the Birds

This document provides guidelines for staying safe while exploring the outdoors. It emphasizes the importance of physical distancing, hygiene practices, …

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

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

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

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

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

1 link Uncategorized
Ten successful years for Love Your Lake
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. …

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

1 link Love Your Lake