Reports

Since its inception in 2012, the Basin Society has collected a large body of technical data and literature,
which was required to develop the necessary scientific baseline of the Shawnigan Lake watershed
for the purposes of credible knowledge, good judgement, and long-term decision making.

PROVINCIAL WATER PROGRAM INFORMATION

Follow this link to read THE WATER SUSTAINABILITY ACT

water_sustainability_act.html ility Act

Water Quality reports & Studies

AQUIFERS: Cobble Hill,
Cherry Point and Cowichan Bay

Ditto. (2017). South Shawnigan Creek Water Quality Study Quarterly Summary Report #2.
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/site-permitting-and-compliance/sia/shawnigan_creek_wq_study_q2_report.pdf

British Columbia Ministry of Environment. (2017). PE-105809 Upper Shawnigan Sediment Sampling Results, Fall 2016. http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/site-permitting-and-compliance/sia/2017-01-31_upper_shawnigan_watershed_sediment_sampling_bio_note.pdf

Ditto (2016). South Shawnigan Creek Final Monitoring Study Design.
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/site-permitting-and-compliance/sia/final_rpt_shawnigan_study_design_jul_2016.pdf
Ditto (n.d.). South Shawnigan Creek Water Quality Monitoring Study - Draft Terms of Reference.
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/site-permitting-and-compliance/sia/tor_sshawnigan_creek_monitoring_2016-05-03.pdf

CVRD. (2016). Shawnigan Lake North Water System Annual Report.
https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/DocumentCenter/View/442

GREGORY, L. (N.D.).
SUMMARY OF THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON SHAWNIGAN LAKE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WATER QUALITY.

shawnigan_lake_available_data_summary_2014.pdf
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Rieberger, K., Epps, D. and J. Wilson (2004). Shawnigan Lake Water Quality Assessment 1976 – 2004. British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection.
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/waterquality/monitoringwaterquality/west-coast-wq-docs/wq_shawnigan_assessment_2004.pdf

Ditto. (1996). Fecal coliforms in Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, during August 1995. Water Quality Branch, Environmental Protection Department.
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/waterquality/monitoringwaterquality/west-coast-wq-docs/wq_shawnigan_coliforms_1996.pdf
Ditto. (1996). State of Water Quality of Shawnigan Lake 1976-1995.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/quality/sowqosl/sowqosl.html
Nordin, R.N. and C.J.P. McKean(1984). Shawnigan Lake Water Quality Study. Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Planning Resource Management Division.
http://www.thesra.ca/images/water_quality_1984.pdf
British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (1976). Preliminary investigations of Shawnigan Lake water quality. http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/air-land-water/water/waterquality/monitoringwaterquality/west-coast-wq-docs/wq_shawnigan_prelim_1976.pdf

LAND USE ISSUES: Reporting and related information

South Island Aggregates 2019 2020

Follow this link for more information on the SIA contaminated fill site

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/site-permitting-compliance/sia

Incorporation

Municipal Incorporation: What do we get, what do we pay for and is it worth it?

Below are the documents resulting from the 2009 Phase I study of incorporation
for Shawnigan Lake (Area B) in the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD):

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Alternative Regional District Models

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Boundary Adjustment Between Area B and Area E

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Boundary Discussions and Options

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Municipal Boundary Advice

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Municipal Incorporation: An Agenda for Discussion

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Municipal Status Committee