Designated Rivers
The rivers currently designated as a Canadian Heritage River are:
River | Province/Territory | Year |
---|---|---|
Alsek River | Yukon | 1986 |
Arctic Red River | Northwest Territories | 1993 |
Athabasca River | Alberta | 1989 |
Bay du Nord River | Newfoundland | 2006 |
Bloodvein River | Manitoba/Ontario | 1987/1998 |
Bonnet Plume River | Yukon | 1998 |
Boundary Waters | Ontario | 1996 |
Clearwater River | Saskatchewan/Alberta | 1987/2004 |
Cowichan River | British Columbia | 2003 |
Detroit River | Ontario/Michigan | 2001 |
Fraser River | British Columbia | 1998 |
French River | Ontario | 1986 |
Grand River | Ontario | 1994 |
Hayes River | Manitoba | 2006 |
Hillsborough River | Prince Edward Island | 1997 |
Humber River | Ontario | 1999 |
Kazan River | Nunavut | 1990 |
Kicking Horse River | Alberta/British Columbia | 1989 |
Main River | Newfoundland | 2001 |
Margaree River | Nova Scotia | 1998 |
Mattawa River | Ontario | 1988 |
Missinaibi River | Ontario | 2004 |
North Saskatchewan River | Alberta/British Columbia | 1989 |
Red River | Manitoba | 2007 |
Rideau Waterway | Ontario | 2000 |
Seal River | Manitoba | 1992 |
Shelburne River | Nova Scotia | 1997 |
Soper River | Nunavut | 1992 |
South Nahanni River | Northwest Territories | 1987 |
St. Croix River | New Brunswick | 1991 |
St. Marys River | Ontario | 2000 |
Tatshenshini River | Yukon | 2004 |
Thames River | Ontario | 2000 |
Thelon River | Nunavut | 1990 |
The Three Rivers | Prince Edward Island | 2004 |
Upper Restigouche River | New Brunswick | 1998 |
Yukon River (The Thirty Mile Section) | Yukon | 1991 |
Read more about this topic: Canadian Heritage Rivers System
Famous quotes containing the words designated and/or rivers:
“The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.”
—Harold Rosenberg (19061978)
“While the Republic has already acquired a history world-wide, America is still unsettled and unexplored. Like the English in New Holland, we live only on the shores of a continent even yet, and hardly know where the rivers come from which float our navy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)