July 29, 2020

I cleaned at Roxboro beach. Not a large amount of garbage collected but I groomed the east side of the shoreline. At about 8:50 AM I took a video of the city pumping a large amount of water into the river on the east side, but did not upload it.

Nature photo of my arrival at the Roxboro beach.

Nature photo of my arrival at the Roxboro beach with ducks on the shoreline.

Nature photo (unzoomed) of my arrival at the Roxboro beach with ducks on the shoreline.

Shoreline photo with ducks in distance.

Shoreline photo zoomed in on the ducks looking for food.

Photo of the shoreline before the cleaning.

Photo of the shoreline after the cleaning. The east side or right side.

Zoomed in photo of garbage I cleaned.

The garbage I cleaned up about to go into the city container.

Photo of the shoreline , west or left side (I did not clean) when I was leaving.

July 28, 2020

I cleaned Whitehorse rapids/ Rapids du Cheval Blanc, the shoreline east of the official park.
With a metal rake I went over the sand and rock mixture in this bay area. To the trash, I only brought a glass bottle, fishing line from a fisher-fool and a fisher-fools black plastic holder, for his/her fishing rod.

Nature photo of bay with sand-rock on the shoreline.

I had cleaned this spot August 26, 2016 and to my surprise it has not returned to the worst state.

July 24, 2020

I went to Whitehorse rapids /Rapids du cheval blanc and cleaned the shoreline near the official park. One standard black garbage bag was filled. No photos because I forgot my camera. I found the usual garbage of used/discarded fishing line from fisher-fools and Tim Horton coffee containers and beer containers. I found four or more brand new fishing hooks on the shoreline that I put in a used beer can so no one gets stuck. Of NOTE: I recovered two intact glass beer bottles ( one large, one small) that were in the river , recovered BEFORE they broke on the rocks. Many Canadian geese are in the area now. I accidentally scared away a grand Heron when doing the cleaning on the western side. He/she was hunting for fish or frogs that are on the shoreline. Surprising to me , the river level height has increased during the past days that I was away.

July 21, 2020

I cleaned at Whitehorse Rapids/Rapids du cheval blanc.

Nature photo of when I arrived. Is that geese?

Nature photo. Yes that's geese.

Nature photo with hidden danger for birds.

Fishing line in dead branches.

Nature photo with ? is that ducks?

Nature photo of ducks.

Nature photo.

The garbage I cleaned up about to go into the city container.

Close up photo of a fishing hook I found, same photo as above.

July 16, 2020

I cleaned at Whitehorse rapid/Rapids du Cheval Blanc. There was a large amount of fishing line left on the shoreline , by fisher-fools. I believe the two city garbage containers in the park are full and need emptying.

Nature photo of shoreline

The garbage I cleaned up about to go into the city container.

July 15, 2020

I cleaned at Whitehorse Rapids. Rapids du Cheval Blanc. Fisher-fool left fishing line behind on the shoreline. A clean up of fishing line from fisher-fools. River water quality testing people (RSMA) showed up when I was leaving.

Nature photo of rapids .

Nature photo of river

Nature photo of river. Expand to see geese.

Nature photo of rapids . Expand to see geese.

Campfire on shoreline 01.

Campfire on shoreline 02 top down

nature photo of entrance to park from city street.

River water quality testers arrive 01.

River water quality testers disembark 02

River water quality testers disembark 03

River water quality testers Zoomed . RSMA

Too much fishing line. Small amount of garbage I collected about to go into city container.

July 6, 2020

I went to Shakespeare Park in D.D.O. .  I cleaned up enough garbage to fill a standard black garbage bag and took out a (former) cement post some one had dumped in the woods.

In the woods, I bumped into a bird watcher who was photographing a hawk ( I think), that perhaps lives in the woods. He showed me on his camera one of the good photos he had captured of it.

Sign identifying park.

The woods.

Garbage in the woods.

The garbage I cleaned up about to go into the city garbage container.

The garbage I cleaned up about to go into the city garbage container wider view.

The garbage I cleaned up in the city garbage container. The container is full and needs emptying by the city.

The cement post in the woods. I had already attached to a makeshift dolly cart.

Photo of the dolly cart and cement in center. Now ready to be moved.

Cement post moved next to the sidewalk where city employees will see it and might consider it garbage and then remove it.

July 3, 2020

I cleaned at Whitehorse rapids/ Rapids du Cheval Blanc. I took out the accumulated garbage on the eastern side. Though it was Friday, I had missed the city garbage collection. I have to try to remember to take it out on Thursday.

Nature photo of the rapids.

The garbage I took to the street to be picked up.

July 2, 2020

I cleaned at park des Anciens-Combattants. I took out a case of twelve glass bottles brought by a fisher-FOOL. I also picked up some ugly cement garbage that was on the shoreline.

Nature photo of area shoreline

Nature photo of area shoreline with two downed trees.

Sadly, there is lots of small plastic on the shoreline. This is an (obvious) photo of a plastic straw.

Fisher- FOOL left his garbage on the shoreline in the white plastic bag on the left.

Close up of the fisher- Fool's bag of garbage.

Nature photo of Heron on the shoreline looking for food.

Nature photo of Heron on the shoreline, at a distance.

Another nature photo of the Heron on the shoreline

Nature photo of Geese and goslings on the shoreline.

The garbage I cleaned up and about to go into the city trash container. I did not put the cement blocks in, but hope they will be considered garbage and taken out.