Living by Water: Your Seasonal Guide

Do you live by a lake, river or stream? Do you own a cottage near water? Protect your investment and the environment. Use this seasonal guide for maintaining your waterfront property. Click on one of the seasons below to get started!

This information originally appeared in On the Living Edge: Your Handbook for Waterfront Living, by Sarah Kipp and Clive Calloway, as part of the Living by Water project. Nature Canada is the national coordinator of the project.

The Living by Water Project was started by Clive and Sarah, two shoreline residents who have lived for many years beside the water in British Columbia. Their goal was to provide Canadians with a wide range of tools, resources and information designed to help protect and restore shorelines across Canada.

The Living by Water Project focuses on shorelines along all types of water bodies – rivers, streams, creeks, canals, lakes, ponds, wetlands, reservoirs, estuaries, and marine shore lands. Through the Living by Water web site, you can obtain information to protect your shoreline property, prevent problems like erosion, and protect water quality, fish and wildlife habitat.

The program also gives local stewardship groups and cottage associations the means to carry out shoreline awareness and outreach programs in their own community.

Read more about the Living by Water Project on the Living by Water Web Site.