Is your favourite lake or river protected? Here’s the list

AWARE Simcoe October 25 2012

Canada is a land of lakes and rivers, and the right to use those waters has been protected since 1882 under the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The Harper Conservatives are ending that protection for tens of thousands of our lakes and rivers. Instead, just 3 oceans, 97 lakes and 62 rivers are to be covered by the new Navigation Protection Act. Here’s the list. 

For exact location, ie in cases of different waters with the same name, check the second budget implementation bill, schedule 2, page 436 (enter the page number in the boc right hand corner):

Arctic Ocean

Pacific Ocean 

Powell Lake

Williston Lake

Pitt Lake

Harriston Lake

Great Bear Lake

Kamloops Lake

Okanagan Lake

Little Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake

Mara Lake

Lake Revelstoke

Kinbasket Lake

Lower Arrow Lake

Upper Arrow Lake

Kootenay Lake

Great Slave Lake

Lake Athabasca

Lake Winnipegosis

Lake Manitoba

Lake Winnipeg

Baker Lake

Lake of the Woods

Eagle Lake

Rainy Lake

Nipigon Lake

Lake Superior

Lake St. Clair

Lake Huron

Lake Erie

Nipissing Lake

Joseph Lake

Little Lake

Gloucester Pool

Cain Lake

Rosseau Lake

Muskoka Lake

Temiskaming Lake

Sparrow Lake

Lake Couchiching

Lake Simcoe

Vernon Lake

Mary Lake

Fairy Lake

Peninsula Lake

Lake of Bays

Canal Lake

Mitchell Lake

Lake Scugog

Balsam Lake

Cameron Lake

Sturgeon Lake

Pigeon Lake

Little Bald Lake

Buckhorn Lake

Chimong Lake

Big Bald Lake

Upper Chimong Lake

Lower Buckhorn Lake

Katchewanooka Lake

Lovesick Lake

Clear Lake

Fairy Lake (2)

Rice Lake

Stony Lake

Big Duck Pond

Duck Pond

Lake Ontario

Seymour Lake

Colonel By Lake

Loon Lake

Pollywog Lake

Mosquito Lake

Benson Lake

Dog Lake

Upper Rideau Lake

Opinicon Lake

Cranesnest Lake

Indian Lake

Newboro Lake

Clear Lake (2)

Cranberry Lake

Sand Lake

Little Cranberry Lake

Whitefish Lake

Lost Lake

Long Island Lake

Adams Lake

Big Ridea Lake

Little Lake

Lower Rideau Lake

Dows Lake

Lac de Deux Montagnes

Lac Memphremagog

Lac Saint-Jean

Atlantic Ocean

Bras d’Or Lake

Great Bras d’Or Lake

Lake Melville

Yukon River

Mackenzie River

Skeena River

Fraser River

Pitt River

Harrison River

Thompson River

South Thompson River

Kootenay River

Columbia River

Bow River

Peace River

Athabasca River 

North Saskatchewan River

South Saskatchewan River

Assiniboine River

Red River

Winnipeg River

Rainy River

St. Marys River

Detroit River

St. Clair River

French River

Moose River

Severn River

Grand River

Holland River East Branch

Holland River

Humber River

Welland Canal

North Branch of Muskoka River

Talbot River / Trent Canal

The Canal

Niagara River

Trent Canal

Rosedale River

Scugog River

Fenelon River

Pigeon River

Trent Canal

Otonabee River

Murray Canal

Trent River / Canal

Petawawa River

Cataraqui River

River Styx

Stevens Creek

Tay River / Canal

Rideau Canal 

Rideau River

Kemptville Creek

Ottawa River

Canal de Beauharnois

Lachine Canal

Riviere des Mille-Iles

Riviere des Prairies

Richelieu River

Riviere Saint-Maurice

Saguenay River

Saint John River

Saint Lawrence River

LeHavre River