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IT'S #ALLABOUTTHERIVER FROM JULY 20 - 25, 2020
#OURRIVER #RESPECTTHERIVER
It’s #AllAboutTheRiver from July 20 to 25 #OurRiver #RespectTheRiver
Since 2018, the South Dundas Chamber of Commerce and South Nation Conservation (SNC) have partnered to host a community event along the Morrisburg Waterfront in July called “It’s All About The River”, dedicated to promoting the St. Lawrence River, the local environment and showcasing community partners.
Due to COVID-19, the event for this year has been cancelled. We are instead showcasing the River and our local communities through a weeklong social media campaign from July 20th to 25th.
Join us online, it’s easy!
We’ve provided some draft posts and pictures you can share on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter throughout the week, on everything from the environment, history, and culture.
SNC and the Chamber of Commerce will serve as campaign hosts; you can also simply share posts directly from our social media channels if that’s easier!
Put your own spin on it!
Edits posts or create your own! Our draft posts are meant to give you some ideas.
To participate in the campaign, just use the hashtags: #OurRiver #AllAboutTheRiver #RespectTheRiver, and don’t forget to tag people!
Remember to tag partners using their social media handles.
Follow us online! www.facebook.com/SouthNationConservation www.facebook.com/SouthDundasChamber @SouthNationCA (Twitter & Instagram) www.nation.on.ca www.southdundaschamber.ca
Include Pictures With Your Posts: Photo Bank Here.
It’s #AllAboutTheRiver from July 20 to 25 #OurRiver #RespectTheRiver
Ever wonder who monitors the #StLawrenceRiver locally for shoreline #flooding?
The South Nation (SNC) and Raisin Region (RRCA) Conservation Authorities don’t just plant #trees! They work to protect and restore the local environment and protect people and property from natural hazards such as flooding, including along the #StLawrenceRiver shoreline, from Augusta to South Glengarry.
Recently a partnership project between SNC, RRCA, partner municipalities and stakeholder agencies was completed to delineate the existing Environment Canada 100-year flood hazard line along the St. Lawrence River using LiDAR aerial topographic imagery to protect people and property from flooding.
More info on flood forecasting and warning here: https://bit.ly/2zzoqMy
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In the 1980s, a group of local citizens, government representatives, and the Mohawks of Akwesasne joined forces to create the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences.
At the River Institute, the #StLawrenceRiver serves as a natural laboratory. Research projects are dedicated to issues such as water quality, water chemistry, freshwater toxicology, biodiversity, and food web dynamics, with a focus on the St. Lawrence River and other freshwater ecosystems.
More info on the River Institute here: https://bit.ly/2Bd1d3r
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Ontario Power Generation - Powering the #StLawrenceRiver and Ontario!
Did you know the #StLawrenceRiver is home to the second largest hydroelectric power plant in the province which has been helping power Ontario since 1958? In fact, the R.H. Saunders generating station (GS), located in #Cornwall, Ontario, has a 1045 megawatt (MW) capacity. That’s enough clean, renewable electricity to power over 600,000 homes annually.
Read more on hydroelectric power here: https://bit.ly/2CwztY4
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It’s #AllAboutTheRiver from July 20 to 25 #OurRiver #RespectTheRiver
Clean, renewable hydroelectric power.
Hydroelectric power, or water power, is a timeless, renewable resource that has fuelled Ontario’s economic growth since the beginning of the 20th century. Today, it accounts for more than one-third of OPG’s electricity production.
Click here to see how it works: https://bit.ly/2CwztY4
At Ontario Power Generation, we believe in powering the minds of the next generation by helping them understand the complex world of energy and its important role in fighting climate change through engaging educational resources: https://bit.ly/32jxiSK
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The #StLawrenceRiver has many different habitats, ranging from Great Lakes freshwater systems all the way to the saltwater ocean environments of the estuary.
There are around 83 different documented land and aquatic mammals that call the river and its associated gulf home, including the beluga whale, and is a hotspot for at least 400 species of birds, such as bald eagles, ospreys, and black terns.
Locally, sports fishing enthusiasts flock to stretches of the St. Lawrence River famous for their small and largemouth bass, northern pike, carp, and muskies. In recent years, the Renegade Bass Fishing Tournament have hosted tournaments along the River in Morrisburg and Cornwall.
More info: https://bit.ly/31QzWz2
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#InvasiveSpecies over the years have hitched a ride on incoming vessels through the #StLawrenceRiver and have been causing serious concern for decades now.
At least 85 invasive aquatic species have been discovered in the River, including Zebra mussels. They were first spotted in the Great Lakes in the late 1980’s, and they’re now spread throughout the entire system, choking out competitors such as native freshwater mussel species.
More info on Invasive Species including Zebra mussels: https://bit.ly/2Cfz77S
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It’s #AllAboutTheRiver from July 20 to 25 #OurRiver #RespectTheRiver
This year marks the 61st anniversary of the first ship passing through the #StLawrence Seaway, so there has never been a better time to appreciate what #OurRiver has given us! The #Seaway system extends a total of 3,700 km spanning from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and supports $59 billion in economic activity while creating 329,000 jobs.
This serves to create local jobs and further reaching benefits for Canadians! Since opening, more than 2.5 billion tonnes have passed through the St. Lawrence River!
Learn more on the history of the Seaway here: https://bit.ly/31H0nXD
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The St. Lawrence Iroquoians form a group of #FirstNations that occupied a vast territory stretching along the #StLawrenceRiver from the mouth of Lake Ontario to downstream from Québec City.
They are part of the Iroquoian language family, which includes: Huron-Wendat, Chonnonton, Petun, Erie, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Susquehannock, Wenro (or Wenrohronon) and St Lawrence Iroquoian; these lived in the areas that are now southern and central Ontario and Québec and in the State of New York.
More information First Nations along the St. Lawrence River: https://bit.ly/2BzLFHB
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The St. Lawrence is enormous. The river proper, at 1,197 km in length, runs northeast from Lake Ontario towards the Atlantic, where it forms the Gulf of St. Lawrence. All in all, the whole St. Lawrence system is 3,058 km.
This behemoth of a river is still fairly young, having only formed around 10,000 years or so ago when the glaciers began retreating, exposing a giant gash in the Earth’s crust.
More fun facts on the St. Lawrence River here: https://bit.ly/31OJ5b9
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It’s #AllAboutTheRiver from July 20 to 25 #OurRiver #RespectTheRiver
In 1535, French navigator #JacquesCartier becomes the first #European explorer to discover the #StLawrenceRiver in present-day #Quebec.
At the time, the land surrounding his route along the St. Lawrence was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, an #Indigenous people who lived along the river’s shores in Ontario, Quebec, and New York.
In 1543, Cartier mapped the route of the St. Lawrence River and its surrounding tributaries and his perceived points of interest. The St. Lawrence River became the main route for all European exploration of the North American interior.
More info: https://bit.ly/31UfEob
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According to the Upper Canada Village, many Upper Canadians along the St. Lawrence River played musical instruments including pianos, organs, even the saxophone by the mid-19th century, and most of the instruments we use in orchestras, bands, in popular and professional entertainment today had been invented by the 1860s.
#Music also played an integral role in communities along the #StLawrenceRiver; and it still does! Cities and communities up and down #OurRiver have thriving music and #arts scenes. As we long for an opportunity to come together and watch live music, in the meantime, here is local singer/songwriter duo Great Wild of #Cornwall performing! https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=eV4D1JEunoM
More info on music history in the Upper Canada region here: https://bit.ly/3hCohJy
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The Ontario Provincial Police remind boaters that when they venture onto waterways such as the #StLawrenceRiver, to follow the appropriate #boating #safety rules:
Always wear a lifejacket or PFD; ensure you have the required safety equipment on board; never go boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol; check the weather before you head out; tell someone at home where you're going.
Take a look at safe boating guide produced by the Government of Canada for more information on how to best stay safe on the water: https://bit.ly/2O2pU5y.
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Stay clear, stay safe. At Ontario Power Generation, the #safety of the public and our staff is our number one priority. OPG operates more than 66 hydroelectric stations and over 240 dams on 24 river systems, and most of these facilities are remote controlled.
Water levels and flows near hydro stations and dams can change rapidly and with little or no warning, taking you by surprise. In colder weather, deceptively thin ice can crack and give way beneath you, plunging you into dangerously cold and turbulent waters.
For your safety: Stay well back from the edge of waters or ice above and below hydro facilities; keep outside fences, buoys, booms and barriers when snowmobiling, fishing, boating or swimming; never stand, anchor or tie your boat below a dam, and always obey all warning signs.
Click here to see how Dammy stays safe by staying clear: https://bit.ly/3ftqJk7
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“This could be a world-renowned diving location; we cannot believe this has not been capitalized on,” is something often said by frequent Scuba divers who lead exploratory dives and teach others along the St. Lawrence River.
Who can blame them? From the surface of the shallow water, house foundations and the old Highway 2 can be observed in the depths of the River. The lively fish come to greet the divers, and they are constantly seeing different species with every dive. Maybe submerging in the River is the best way to appreciate its hidden gems?
Find out more: www.scubatheque.com or at www.o2togo.ca
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Oh, the beloved Galop Canal. The perfect spot for a nice little row, just ask the St. Lawrence Rowing Club! A great way to get out and observe the picturesque landscapes along the best River around. Do not limit yourself there though!
Make sure to get out this summer and try a new sport on the St. Lawrence. From kayaking to watersports, it is a great way to stay cool and get active. The river is right there, it is time to start using and appreciating it.
More info on the rowing club here: https://bit.ly/2ZyyNt3
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History about the Moses-Saunders Power Dam – Two Power Plants In One
Ontario Power Generation’s Robert H. Saunders generating station is one of two large power plants housed in the kilometre-long Moses-Saunders Power Dam, built across the #StLawrenceRiver and crossed by the international boundary line. R.H. Saunders GS shares the structure with the Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Power Project owned and operated by New York Power Authority.
There are 16 generators on the Ontario side and 16 on the New York side. Each generating station is operated independently and their combined output of more than 2000 MW is split between the Ontario and New York power systems.
The Canadian generating station is named in honour of Robert Hood Saunders, Chairman of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario from 1948 to 1955 and a leading advocate of the station’s development. The New York Power Authority generating station is named in honour of U.S. president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The name of the dam commemorates Robert Moses, Chairman of the New York Power Authority during the construction period.
Read more about the Robert Saunders Story here: https://bit.ly/2DKv4l7
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The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project: Completed in 1958, the St. Lawrence Seaway and #PowerProject comprised the world’s largest international power dam of its time, and the seaway locks which take commercial shipping around the dam. Many villages were relocated, along with roads, railways, and services required by the population.
Click here to view the original 1960’s video highlighting the construction of this incredible engineering marvel: https://bit.ly/2DH8Lg2
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