All sites passed this week! To view the full results and standards we use to determine water quality, check out Swim Guide, or click the link in our bio. 🧫 . . . . . . #falsecreek #granvilleisland #brokersbay #olympicvillage #vanierpark #cleanwater #water #swim #drink #fish

Check out our Program Manager and Fraser Riverkeeper, Sadie Caron, explaining the water sampling process!🧪

For today’s #TriviaTuesday, we’re asking when did Sea Village join Granville Island?

The answer to this week’s #TriviaTuesday was that Sea Village, the home of our 3rd Seabin, moved from Coal Harbour to Granville Island in 1979! The residents here are committed to sustainability & reducing energy consumption by building eco-friendly homes.

With almost 64% of British Columbia being covered in #forests, where is your favourite spot to wander in the woods? Halkomelem Translations for Forest: Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ (Island dialect) - thuthíqut Halq̓eméylem (Upriver dialect) - theqthéqe #SpreadTheWord

Since two-thirds of Canadians rely on surface water in forested areas for drinking water, we cannot underestimate the importance of our forests. Learn more about the impacts forests have on freshwater: lakefriendly.ca/forests

For #FRKFeatureFriday this week, we’re featuring an amazing photo of the THE AQUABUS ferry being spotted passing along the False Creek Seawall! 📷: kaylapoch, Instagram #FalseCreek #Aquabus #Ferry #Water

All sites passed this week! To view the full results and standards we use to determine water quality, check out Swim Guide, or click the link in our bio. 🐙 . . . . . . #falsecreek #granvilleisland #olympicvillage #brokersbay #vanierpark #watersampling #water #swim #drink #fish

For #TriviaTuesday this week, we’re asking how much of the Earth’s #water is freshwater?💧

Become a Community Scientist with Swim Drink Fish Get out to your local waters this summer to learn about sampling for water quality & have a great time doing it! Learn more and sign up: swimdrinkfish.ca/volunteer

#ResilientWaters (a research project we are working on w/ MakeWay) was featured in CBC's Stories About Here. Host Uytae Lee investigates ways to manage flooding that are good for people AND for wild salmon & ecosystems. #BCFloods #ConnectedWaters cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

The answer to this week’s #TriviaTuesday was that 2.5% of Earth’s water is freshwater!💧 Almost all of it is locked up in ice & in the ground. Only 1% of all freshwater is surface water, which serves most of life’s needs.

Today’s #SpreadTheWord is the Squamish word for #beaver! In First Nations culture, beavers symbolize creativity, cooperation, persistence, & harmony. Squamish Translation for Beaver: Beaver = sḵel̓áw̓

#RacetheRiver!

Watch the video🔽 to see our trusty Seabinscuit cleaning up the #pollution around Maritime Market Marina! Thanks to these trash skimmers, floatable debris is able to be captured, characterized, & then properly disposed of, ultimately helping to cleanup the waters of #FalseCreek.

For #FRKFeatureFriday this week, we’re featuring a beautiful photo of the sun setting behind the clouds during a stroll along the Seawall! Make sure to tag your water photos with #FRKFeatureFriday for a chance to be featured! 📷: yaninamalina, Instagram

Olympic Village experienced a higher than usual E. coli count this week. To view the full results and standards we use to determine water quality, check out Swim Guide, or click the link in our bio. 🐡 #falsecreek #olympicvillage #brokersbay #vanierpark #swim #drink #fish

Olympic Village experienced another week of failed results. On the bright side, all sites experienced lower E. coli counts than last week. To view the full results, check out Swim Guide, or click the link in our bio. 🧪 #falsecreek #olympicvillage #granvilleisland #vanierpark

Olympic Village has experienced failed results for three continuous weeks. To view the full results and standards we use to determine water quality, check out Swim Guide, or the link in our bio. 💧 #falsecreek #olympicvillage #brokersbay #vanierpark #granvilleisland #swim

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