Death and rebirth on the Don River
After a decades-long campaign, Canada’s most urban river is nursed back to health
By Ray Ford with photography
by Lorne Bridgman
PLUS: Tour
lost rivers in Toronto and learn about the
urban water cycle
Snake River wild
The clash between conservation and exploitation plays out in the Yukon’s Peel watershed
By Leslie Anthony with photography by Fritz Mueller
PLUS: With the Yukon in the middle of the largest mining boom in history, some are
staking a claim for the Peel.
Environmental Scientist of the Year Award 2011
Monique Dubé gets out of the lab to help Canadians see big-picture changes to their watersheds
By Allan Casey
Watershed protection guide
Take action to protect the watershed near your home with these steps
By Anne Casselman
Winners of the
Blue Water Photo Contest
Canadian Geographic and the RBC Blue Water Project present the winners of
The Blue Water Photo Contest
Text by Tyrone Burke
Research
The Lake is sicker than the Great Lakes in the 1960s. It’s time to start buying prescriptions.
By Eric Rumble
Cross-Border
What happens when the U.S. drains polluted water into a Canadian watershed?
By Jim Chliboyko
Cross-Border
A unilateral decision by Maine blocks alewife fish from their traditional spawning grounds on the St. Croix River
By Adam Shoalts
Drinking
In a tiny village near Toronto, the water contains less lead than the cleanest ice layers in the Arctic
By Fraser Los
Toponymy
A new name brings together the Strait of Georgia, the Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound
By Isabelle Groc
Excerpt
The lakes of Canada’s boreal forest slow the impacts of global warming. Are they under threat?
By the Pew Environment Group
Engineering
One of the wettest cities in Canada uses plants rather than pavement to get rid of urban storm water
By Kelly Greig
Mobile Applications
Calculate your water footprint, get real-time updates on water quality at the beach and more with these water apps
By Anne Casselman
