Over the past six years, 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.

Incorporation

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

Document

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):

Alternative Regional District Models

document

Boundary Adjustment Between Area B and Area E

Document

Boundary Discussions and Options

Document

Municipal Boundary Advice

Document

Municipal Incorporation: An Agenda for Discussion

Document

Municipal Status Committee

Document

Letter to Minister Bennett, Aug. 2009

Document

Response Letter from Minister Bennett, Aug. 2009

Document

Trimmed Boundary

Document

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Milfoil

BC MoE. Water Quality.  Technical Publications Concerning Aquatic Plant Management.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/public/tpcapm.html

Chin, C. (2012). Increased levels of phosphorus at Christina Lake a concern.
http://www.grandforksgazette.ca/news/increased-levels-of-phosphorus-at-christina-lake-a-concern/

Fraser River Basin. (2014). Nicola Lake Eurasian Watermilfoil Management Planning: Fisheries Utilization Assessment.  http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/_Library/TR/nicola_lake_ewm-fisheries_oct_2014_mr.pdf

Ditto (2013). Water Quality and Eurasian Watermilfoil Technical Workshop: A workshop to support the health of Cultus Lake and Nicola Lake.
http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/_Library/FVR/ws_summary_ewm_march_2013_web.pdf ​

Freeman, C. (2015). Eurasian Milfoil Control Program Christina Lake, BC. Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary. 2014 Annual Report. https://www.rdkb.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=fOji7KIX_zI%3D&tabid=598

Invasive Species Council of British Columbia (2015).  Eurasian Watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum.
http://bcinvasives.ca/documents/Eurasian_Watermilfoil_TIPS_Final_02_18_2015.pdf

​Maki, P. (2016). Eurasian Milfoil Control Program Christina Lake, BC. Regional District of the Kootenay Boundary.  2016 Annual Report. https://www.rdkb.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=UpGmyx2MIco%3D&tabid=598
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Minnesota Sea Grant (n.d.). Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum).
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/watermilfoil#id

NOAA GLANSIS (2016). Myriophyllum spicatum L.
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/greatlakes/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=237
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Okanagan Basin Water Board (2107). Milfoil – Overview
http://www.obwb.ca/milfoil/
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Parkinson, H. et al. (2011). Biology, Ecology and Management of Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.). http://store.msuextension.org/publications/AgandNaturalResources/EB0193.pdf
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Royal BC Museum (n.d.). Eurasian Watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum.
http://alienspecies.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/eng/species/eurasian-watermilfoil

Washington State Department of Ecology (n.d.).  Non-native Invasive Freshwater Plants.  
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/aqua003.html

VIDEOS
Eurasian water milfoil hand removal at Pike Lake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuggpqm780k
Milfoil Divers in Christina Lake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhBSbIqagg8

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Water Quality Studies

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

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

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. (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

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  
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​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
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Gregory, L. (n.d.). Summary of the Available Information on Shawnigan Lake, with an Emphasis on Water Quality.


​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

​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

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