What we do on land, in our cities and in our waterways affects Canada's watersheds and concerned Canadians must act now to protect our water heritage for future generations.
This interactive map is an easily accessible user-friendly tool that allows citizens, young and old, to identify the watershed in which they live, become informed on the major issues affecting it, connect to environmental organizations active in their watershed, post their own photos, share their stories and get involved.
The country’s five main drainage basins are identified using Canadian Geographic’s engaging cartography. Users simply click to access more information on a particular basin or type in their closest city or town to be directed to their watershed using Google maps. Almost 600 watersheds are represented on this map, based on the cartographic database used for the “Discover Canada’s Watersheds” print map published in 2006 by Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada. Once at the watershed level, users can view surrounding upstream and downstream watersheds as well as linked information about each watershed and the organizations working within it.
