Location: Sawmill Creek at Riverside Drive where it flows into the Rideau River

Time: 9 am to 12 pm

Closest Intersection: Bank St and Riverside Drive

Purpose: This event will provide training to individuals on how to survey habitat found in a stream. This training will help volunteers if they join the City Stream Watch program as it surveys Sawmill Creek, Black Rapids Creek, Barrhaven Creek and Cardinal Creek in the summer of 2022

Who: RVCA staff will provide the training

Registration:  To register for the event please send an email to 

Location:   South Keys Shopping Mall

City Stream Watch will be conducting a cleanup in Sawmill Creek next to the South Keys Shopping Mall. Participants will help to clean up garbage from the stream and shorelines surrounding Sawmill Creek. There are several areas in the region that tend to accumulate garbage, we may split into two groups if there is enough interest. We will meet in front of the Kelseys at 9:00AM.

Meeting location: We will meet in the parking lot next to the Kelseys

What to wear: Dress for the weather! Wear waterproof boots, long socks (if you want to borrow chest waders), long pants, and a hat

What to bring: Feel free to bring your own gloves if you have a favorite but we will provide them; please bring your own water bottle

What we will provide: We will have drinking water to replenish empty bottles, some snacks, chest waders (for those who reserve them send me your shoe size with your RSVP), garbage bags, and gloves

If you are interested in participating, please RSVP

Location:  Sawmill Creek behind Carleton Condominium Corporation

City Stream Watch will be conducting a second cleanup in Sawmill Creek behind the Carleton Condominium Corporation where the stream runs parallel to Bank street. Participants will help to clean up garbage from the stream and shorelines surrounding Sawmill Creek. We will meet at the end of the walking path that connects Bank St to a parking lot within the condominium complex at 9:00AM.

Parking: There is parking available in the South Keys Shopping Centre parking lot next to the CIBC

Meeting location: Once parked, you can cross Bank St at the intersection and head south. There will be a path on the left-hand side near the bus stop. We will meet at the end of this walking path that connects Bank St to the condominium complex.

What to wear: Dress for the weather! Wear waterproof boots, long socks (if you want to borrow chest waders), long pants, and a hat

What to bring: Feel free to bring your own gloves if you have a favorite but we will provide them; please bring your own water bottle

What we will provide: We will have drinking water to replenish empty bottles, some snacks, chest waders (for those who reserve them send me your shoe size with your RSVP), garbage bags and gloves

If you are interested in participating, please RSVP

We are ready to start booking stream monitoring surveys for the month of July! 2022 stream surveys are being done on Sawmill Creek (Ottawa South) and Cardinal Creek (Orleans).

Stream surveys are scheduled with 1 or 2 volunteers and one staff member from our City Stream Watch staff crew. It is best to allow at least three hours to participate in stream surveys, which includes meeting at the site (the meeting site is near the creek), putting equipment on, running through safety procedures, hiking to the creek, and completing a few survey sections.

To see what days are available, please email us at . Let us know if you are interested in full days, mornings, afternoons or evenings. We make our schedule based on what days and times volunteers are available to come out, and we do our very best to accommodate everyone’s preferences and give everyone the chance to come out during the schedule period.  We apologize in advance if we can’t accommodate all volunteer requests!

Location: Barrhaven Creek off Baroness Drive 
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City Stream Watch will be conducting a cleanup in Barrhaven Creek next to the stormwater pond. Participants will help to clean up garbage from shorelines of the storm water pond, as well as the creek directly downstream of the storm water pond. 

Meeting location: We will meet in front of the Stormwater Pond off a short path on Baroness Drive at 9 a.m.
What to wear: Dress for the weather! Wear waterproof boots, long socks (if you want to borrow chest waders email us at  with your shoe size ASAP), long pants, and a hat
What to bring: Feel free to bring your own gloves if you have a favorite but we will provide them; please bring your own water bottle
What we will provide: We will have drinking water to replenish empty bottles, some snacks, chest waders (for those who reserve them), garbage bags, and gloves

Have questions? Want to register or reserve chest waders? Email us at 

Location: Sawmill Creek at Gloria Ave (downstream of Heron Road)
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City Stream Watch will be conducting a cleanup in Sawmill Creek off Gloria Ave. This is approximately 1km downstream of Heron Road. Participants will help to clean up garbage from the stream and shorelines surrounding Sawmill Creek. We will meet on Gloria Ave before making our way down to the creek. 

What to wear: Dress for the weather! Wear waterproof boots, long socks (if you want to borrow chest waders), long pants, and a hat
What to bring: Feel free to bring your own gloves if you have a favorite but we will provide them; please bring your own water bottle
What we will provide: We will have drinking water to replenish empty bottles, some snacks, chest waders (reserve by emailing your shoe size with your RSVP), garbage bags and gloves

If you are interested in participating, please RSVP by emailing us at 

City Stream Watch will be conducting invasive removal along Sawmill Creek to remove Himalayan Balsam and Dog Strangling Vine. This event will take place off Gloria Ave. - approximately 1 kilometre downstream of Heron Road. Participants will help clear shorelines of these invasive species. We will meet on Gloria Ave before making our way down the creek.

City Stream Watch will be conducting invasive removal along Sawmill Creek to remove Himalayan Balsam and Dog Strangling Vine. This event will take place off Gloria Ave. - approximately 1 kilometre downstream of Heron Road. Participants will help clear shorelines of these invasive species. We will meet on Gloria Ave before making our way down the creek.