The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) invites the public to explore the Comox Lake Watershed during Watershed Awareness Days, running May 27–31, 2025. Through guided walks, talks, and family activities, residents and visitors can learn how this necessary ecosystem supports our drinking water.
The Comox Lake Watershed, located in the unceded territory of the K’ómoks First Nation, supplies water to over 50,000 people. Despite a long history of industrial use and recreation, protecting this watershed remains essential to maintaining safe, clean water.
Watershed Awareness Free Community Events
Tuesday, May 27
BC Parks Ecological Reserve Comox Lake Bluffs Site Walking Tour
4:30 pm
Wednesday, May 28
Comox Valley Water Treatment Plant Tours
3:00, 4:00, and 5:00 pm
Wednesday, May 28
BC Parks Eastern Ecological Reserve Walking Tour
4:30 pm
Thursday, May 29
Who Lives in the Watershed? BC Community Bat Program Presentation
7:00 pm
Friday, May 30
Courtenay and District Fish & Game Protective Association Site Tour
10 am
Friday, May 30
Beavers, Watersheds and Wildfire Pub (hosted by partner organization Cumberland Community Forest Society)
7:00 pm
Saturday, May 31
How is Your Family Connected by Water? Family Activity
10-11 am
To register for these events or for more information, visit: comoxvalleyrd.ca/watershed.
“Healthy ecosystems produce high-quality drinking water,” says Zoe Norcross-Nu’u, CVRD’s Watershed Protection Coordinator. “What we do on the land and in the water directly affects the watershed’s health. By working together, we can keep protecting the Comox Lake Watershed for generations to come.”
The CVRD’s Connected by Water program, developed through the Comox Lake Watershed Protection Plan, works with local partners to support education, stewardship, and water conservation.
The Comox Valley Regional District is a partnership of three electoral areas and three municipalities operating on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of the land. The members of the regional district work collaboratively on providing sustainable services for the benefit of the diverse urban and rural areas of the Comox Valley.
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Media Contact:
Kris La Rose
Senior Manager of Water/Wastewater Services
250-334-6083