Event Updates

Dive in to Riverkeeper 4K on Saturday, August 15, where up to 100 brave athletes will swim from Aylmer to Ottawa in the 2nd annual inter-provincial, open water swim. **Including a video of highlights from the 2014 swim!**

The family friendly Marché des Brasseurs (Brewery Market in Québec) is supporting efforts to preserve the Ottawa River by donating all their proceeds to Ottawa Riverkeeper. Reminding everyone that it takes clean water to make quality, craft beer!

Sure, with over 85 kinds of fish in our river we could have caught more, but since when was catching all the fish you ever wanted not a problem? Last week’s 24-hour Fishathon on the Ottawa River was a success in raising awareness about stewardship and biodiversity!

AquaHacking – Ottawa River Summit 2015 was a huge success and a great beginning to new collaborations and innovative ways to work together to protect our shared waters.

Canada’s Ambassador to Ireland and 2015 Honorary Riverkeeper award recipient Kevin Vickers, a man roundly regarded as a national hero for his selfless actions when a gunman stormed Parliament Hill, spoke movingly about the healing powers of rivers and his need to return home to the shores of the Miramichi River for solace after the life-changing events on October 22nd.