PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS


  • Underwater, Onshore, Non-Intrusive Investigations:
    • Geophysical harbour-wide assessments - Spring to Summer 2024
    • Shoreline condition assessments – Spring to Summer 2024
  • Continued Sediment and Water Investigations:
    • Evaluate sediment quality conditions - Spring to Fall 2024
    • Update the baseline water quality data - Fall 2023 to Fall 2024
  • Ongoing Biological Community Assessments:
    • Turtle Overwintering Habitat Assessment – Fall 2023 to Winter 2024/2025
    • Turtle Basking and Nesting Habitat Assessment – Spring 2024 to Fall 2024
  • iNaturalist Initiative:
    • The project team has created a project on iNaturalist to augment the ongoing biological inventory work and future detailed impact assessment of the Kingston Inner Harbour. Learn how to be involved by clicking here.
  • Continued Stakeholder Engagement:
    • Detailed Design and Detailed Impact Assessment Feedback – Fall 2024

Past Announcements

  • Biological Community Assessments (Completed - finalizing draft report)
    • Survey the aquatic vegetation and benthic invertebrate communities – Fall 2023
  • Technical Workshop: Weight of Evidence Approach to Risk Assessment and Risk Management Decisions (Completed - Recording available here on Presentation Series page)
    • A workshop entitled “Kingston Inner Harbour: Weight of Evidence Approach to Risk Assessment and Risk Management Decisions” will be hosted by WSP Golder, on behalf of Transport Canada and Parks Canada.
    • The workshop will be held virtually on Tuesday March 29th, at 6:00pm EST and is open to the public. Please send us an email at: KIHproject-projetKIH@golder.com if you would like to attend.
    • For those who are unable to attend, the workshop will be recorded and posted on the website in Spring 2022.
  • Underwater, Non-Intrusive Marine Archeological Investigations (Completed - finalizing draft report)
    • Nearshore Assessment, Southern Shore (Anglin Bay to Rowing Club) – week of 13 December 2021 (Duration: 2 days). Continuation of fall nearshore archaeological investigations
    • Belle Island Nearshore Assessment – Spring 2022, pending access agreements
  • Continued Biological Inventory Assessments:
    • Turtle spring basking and overwintering surveys – Spring/Fall 2022
    • Belle Island terrestrial surveys, pending access agreements – spring/summer 2022