Ottawa Riverkeeper starts to clean up Brewery Creek

More than 50 enthusiastic volunteers spent three hours cleaning up a section of Brewery Creek in Gatineau, Québec today.

The cleanup was organized by Ottawa Riverkeeper and its Gatineau partners. Many local businesses as well as the City of Gatineau jumped on-board to provide a variety of goods and services, including: gloves, garbage bags, trash collection, coffee, hot dogs and a craft beer courtesy of Brasseurs du Temp.

Volunteers collected everything imaginable from the creek: car parts, bicycles, beer cans and bottles, retail store signs, parking meters and yes – even the kitchen sink!

The creek is home to ducks, beavers, herons, as well as other aquatic life. Click the photos for a larger view.

If you are missing your kitchen sink, Ottawa Riverkeeper has found it!

Under the Wright Street Bridge before the cleanup.

Hauling debris away from under the Wright Street Bridge.

Under the Wright Street Bridge after the cleanup.

Volunteers with bags of garbage and recyclables.

All of this (and much more) was recovered from the creek during the cleanup.