Bonnechere River
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Location in Bonnechere River WQ retrospective database/report
Location created by
Kathryn Lindsay
- Group: Bonnechere River Watershed Project : Riverwatch
- Lat: 45.4750588
- Lng: -76.6965437
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
Total chlorine (mg/L) entered in chlorine data field (ppm)
Weather: Now- sunny w/clouds Last 24 hrs- thunderstorm
Strong current visible
Spoke about WQ testing with people fishing from the pier
Birds: American Goldfinch, Warbling Vireo, Red-winged Blackbird
Missed April sampling due to extreme flooding (see photos)
Total chlorine 0.5 mg/L; entered in chloride data field
Weather: Now- cloudy, light westerly wind; Last 24 hr - cloudy
2 beavers vocalizing and swam across the river from the confluence with Smith's Creek
Birds: Black-capped Chickadee (call) Belted Kingfisher (rattle), Canada Geese flying overhead
Total chlorine = 2 mg/L; entered in chloride data field
Weather: now - cloudy, no wind; last 24 hrs - cloudy, intermittent rain
Water is murky
Algae mat attached to submerged aquatic vascular plants
Birds: Pileated Woodpecker (calling) , Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbird
Total chlorine: 2 mg/L; entered in chloride data field
Weather: now: sunny; last 24 hr - variable sun/cloud/rainy/windy
Slow flow evident
Algae floating and attached to submerged aquatic vascular plants (photos)
Birds: American Goldfinch, Eastern Kingbird
Assistant: Juan Baker from Playa del Carmen, Yucatan, Mexico
Total chlorine 1 mg/L; entered in chloride data field
Weather: now- cloudy; last 24 hr- cloudy
Algae floating in the water
Hillside shoreline across the river- bare soil eroding (photo)
Birds: Red-winged Blackbird; Canada Goose poo & feathers in the grass
Total chlorine 1.0 mg/L; entered in chloride data field
Weather: now - sunny; last 24 hr- thunderstorm; last 48 hr- cloudy
Sampled in an eddy on the downstream side of the pier (photo); across from the confluence with Smith's Creek (photo); upstream from the first dam (photo)
Water was murky; no aquatic plants visible
No IAS observed
Birds: Canada Goose poo on grass and pier; Warbling Vireo; Red-winged Blackbird; Ring-billed Gull; American Redstart
Met a couple at the Renfrew boat launch who commented that they still swim here even though it is posted by Renfrew County & District Public Health as "Unsafe for bathing".
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