Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

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For a Lake Ontario where you can swim, drink, and fish.

08/28/2026

Lake Ontario will never be renamed 🌊💙

"Ontario" isn't just a province, it's a promise.

For those who don't know, a Waterkeeper is a voice for the water. Our goal is to restore and protect Swimmable, Drinkable, Fishable waters. We at Swim Drink Fish recognize this as our shared responsibility: Biinaagami

Our promise is to keep working to ensure Lake Ontario lives up to its namesake: shining, beautiful, Great Lake.



08/26/2026

What’s in a name? 🌊

Donald Trump has suggested renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” But what does the name Lake Ontario mean, and why does language matter?

Gregary Ford, our Lake Ontario Waterkeeper shares a few thoughts.

Toronto Harbour Report 2016 07/17/2026

As we finalize comments on the proposal to expand runway in Toronto to allow for jets and more traffic (due July 24th) … good to remember that this project will make things worse for water quality by trapping contaminated water longer in harbour. Primer here.

Toronto Harbour Report 2016 Thousands of people use the Toronto Harbour. Kayakers, boaters, sai...

Toronto Harbour Isn't Finished Being Restored. Don't Give Up Now. 07/15/2026

Toronto Harbour isn't finished being restored. We can't give up on it now. On the Great Lakes, Billy Bishop & why we shouldn't accept a degraded baseline as the status quo

Toronto Harbour Isn't Finished Being Restored. Don't Give Up Now. How a decades old commitment to the Great Lakes is being quietly bypassed and why the debate over Billy Bishop Airport is about much more than a runway.

07/12/2026

7 things Toronto needs before we talk about expanding into the harbour: real-time CSO monitoring, debris cleanup, swimmable access in the West End, not a Special Economic Zone that waives the rules.

What Is Guarding the Water Around Billy Bishop Airport Toronto and in Ontario? 07/12/2026

That murky plume in Toronto Harbour isn’t an accident, it’s 9 sewer outfalls plus the Don River. It already struggles to flush. A new report shows a Billy Bishop runway expansion would cut harbour flow in half. Time for a public summit on this waterfront.

What Is Guarding the Water Around Billy Bishop Airport Toronto and in Ontario? Toronto's Inner Harbour where the Don River and combined sewer outfalls meet the bay.

Expanding Billy Bishop runway could degrade Toronto harbour water quality, city report says | CBC News 07/11/2026

New city report: expanding Billy Bishop’s runway could cut water flow through Toronto’s Inner Harbour by 50%, trapping sewage and pollutants twice as long & undo billions spent cleaning up the harbour. “It’s reckless,”

Expanding Billy Bishop runway could degrade Toronto harbour water quality, city report says | CBC News A new city report says the province's plan to expand the runway at Billy Bishop airport to accommodate jets could reduce water flow in Toronto's Inner Harbour, limiting its ability to flush sewage and pollutants. Recreational activities, biodiversity and even drinking water could be affected, the re...

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