Shuswap Lake Watershed & Foreshore Mapping Project


Year 2008
Organization Columbia Shuswap Regional District
FSWP funding source DFO Fraser Basin Initiative
Grant amount $24,400
Total project value $81,700
Other project funders

Pacific Salmon Foundation
BC Real Estate Foundation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ministry of Environment

ID number

08 HPR D16

Location: Thompson, Shuswap Lake, British Columbia

Project Summary

This project would create a foreshore inventory of Shuswap Lake and its watershed using video with gps technology and orthophotos. In addition to a final report, the data gathered from the project would be converted into an online-atlas accessible to government decision makers and other groups, including First Nations. This project directly addresses the need for government decision makers and others to have sound and easily accessible foreshore-related mapping data for the Shuswap Lake Watershed at a time when the Shuswap is experiencing unprecedented growth pressures and the CSRD is introducing greater land-use regulations. Finally, this project would foster greater collaboration between local government (CSRD) and Provincial (MoE) and Federal (DFO) agencies and would aid in prioritizing critical areas for conservation and/or protection and lakeshore development.



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