Shoreline Cleanup!

admin May 28, 2026

Hello Guelph community! We need your help to clean the Eramosa-Speed shoreline of pollutants. Garbage can not only be physically harmful, but chemicals can leach out that are toxic to wildlife and domestic life (us).

Meet at the covered bridge by the Boathouse Tea Room and join us to clean our waterways on Wednesday June 3, 2026 from 5:30-7:00 PM. Do it for the snapping turtle and belted kingfisher that call these rivers their homes (amongst many other species).

We will provide light refreshments, but bring a water bottle and desire to keep our community clean!

Please RSVP to speedriver@opirgguelph.org

OPIRG Guelph is located on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron/Chonnonton, the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect and gratitude to all of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island who have stewarded, loved & defended this land for centuries.

In stating this, we acknowledge that we are here as a result of blood that has been shed through colonization, which continues to be the lived experience of Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to be accountable for our present participation in that process.