Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

Beach, Fish, and Marine Reports (50 articles)

December 6th, 2010

Description The lake herring is a schooling planktivore. Key identifying characteristics include: the mouth is not overhung by the snout; the mouth ends before middle of eye. The cisco generally grows to be 15-25 cm in length. It is slender-bodied and silvery with pinkish iridescence on its sides.Range/Habitat The lake herring is common in colder lakes throughout Canada... (more)

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Mount Nemo Tributary

December 6th, 2010

Geographic The west branch of the Mount Nemo Tributary of Grindstone Creek is a natural creek system. The Mount Nemo Tributary west and east branches flow into Grindstone Creek, and tributaries to Shoreacres Creek, Tuck Creek, Willoughby Creek, and Lowville Creek. The east arm of the west branch of the Mount Nemo Tributary originates as a headwater creek in the forested lands... (more)

Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

December 6th, 2010

Description A member of the sunfish family, the smallmouth bass has a robust and laterally compressed body. The smallmouth is typically brown, bronze, or tan in color with a creamy colored underside. Smallmouth bass spawn in the late spring-early summer. Male fish construct a nest and guard the eggs and swim-up fry after the female fish leaves. In the wild, the lifespan of... (more)

Provincially Significant Grindstone Creek Headwaters Wetland Complex

December 3rd, 2010

Description The Grindstone Creek headwaters wetland complex is the source water for the Grindstone Creek and the Medad Valley - including Lake Medad. This wetland complex acts as the water purifier for waters entering many Medad Valley springs, and helps purify the water that eventually makes it's way to lake Ontario. The Grindstone creek headwaters wetland complex is a key... (more)

Willoughby Creek

December 3rd, 2010

From it's headwaters near Waterdown, Willoughby Creek flows along Cedar Springs Road and joins Bronte Creek below the Dakota Dam near the Cedar Springs Community.The Mount Nemo Plateau is the highest point of land in the area and is home to the headwaters of and tributaries to Willoughby Creek. (more)

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

December 3rd, 2010

Description The rainbow trout of the Great Lakes are generally anadromous. The rainbow trout is a member of the salmon family of fishes. It has: an elongate, laterally compressed body; a rounded snout, which becomes extended and the lower jaw turns up in breeding males; the back, upper sides and the top of the head are steel blue, blue-green, yellow-green to almost brown; the... (more)

Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)

December 3rd, 2010

Description The brown trout is a member of the salmon family of fishes. They have: an elongate, laterally compressed body and a long head; a rounded snout and a pronounced hook which develops on the lower jaw in mature males; in stream populations, the back, upper sides and the top of the head are brown becoming silvery on the sides with pronounced black spots and rusty-red... (more)

Hamilton Harbour

December 3rd, 2010

Geographic Hamilton Harbour is a naturally protected body of water that was created during the last glaciation period. Its watershed comprises an area of 500 square kilometers which is encompassed by a shoreline measuring 45 kilometers in length. The harbour is accessible from Lake Ontario through a short channel known as the Burlington Shipping Canal.The Niagara... (more)

Niagara Escarpment

December 3rd, 2010

Description The Niagara Escarpment is a landform called a cuesta, where a gently-sloping layer of rock forms a ridge. One side of the ridge has a gentle slope, a so-called dip slope that is essentially the surface of the rock layer. The other side is a steep bluff.The Niagara Escarpment begins in Watertown New York, USA and continues westerly along the Manitoulin Island... (more)

Aquifer

December 3rd, 2010

Description An aquifer is a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to springs and wells. Aquifers are underground layers of porous rock or sand that allows the movement of water between layers of non-porous rock (sandstone, gravel, or fractured limestone or... (more)