Friends of the Muskoka Watershed at July Muskoka Pride Festival
2026-07-26 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto)
Come and visit staff and volunteers of Friends of the Muskoka Watershed at Muskoka Pride Festival at Memorial Park in Bracebridge. Learn all about SALTYMuskoka, ASHMuskoka and other projects that help protect Muskoka’s watershed.

Lake Day: Science, Crafts & Curiosity - at Muskoka Chautauqua
2026-08-10 11:00 - 15:00
Join our staff, volunteers and scientists for a day of learning and creating at Muskoka Chautauqua.
Monday, August 10 from 11 am to 3 p.m.

Hands-on crafts and activities for all ages – even adults! Make your own Daphnia, draw zooplankton and craft an origami fish.

Bring your curiosity and questions. Our scientists, Dr. Norman Yan and Dr. Neil Hutchinson, are on hand with explanations and answers. (all ages)

ASHMuskoka info -Do you know that the wood ash from your fireplace can be used to restore our watershed?

SALTYMuskoka experiments – See how road salt is hurting our lakes and the creatures in it. How much road salt will it take for us to taste it?

See and touch, and learn all about the tiny zooplankton that keep our lakes clean

and more to come. Check our website fotmw.org for updates.

FREE but donations always appreciated

Road Salt is an Invisible Threat to the Water you love. Come Learn how to Protect it!
2026-08-19 16:30 - 18:00 | Muskoka Lakes Museum, The Island, Port Carling, ON
Friends of the Muskoka Watershed — Road salt is an invisible threat to the water you love: Come learn how to help protect it!
August 19 at the Muskoka Lakes Museum in Port Carling from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Road salt is an invisible threat to water health in your Muskoka watershed year round. Whether you are on a lake or a river or nearby, we are all connected! Come learn from Alesha Breckenridge, SALTYMuskoka Community Action Project Lead, about why it is important to use less road salt and how to do it. Come help learn how to spread the word and not too much salt by picking up your own SALTYMuskoka ACTION KIT.

Admission: $10 general | $8 for museum members.

October ASHMuskoka Drive
2026-10-17 09:30 - 13:00
Please bring your cold, clean ash to our drive on Saturday, October 17. Join us at 1062 Rosewarne Drive in Bracebridge between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. If you’d like to donate your ash, please contact sandy@fotmw.org to get a can to collect your ash.
Help us protect our watersheds forever.

November ASHMuskoka Drive
2026-11-21 09:30 - 13:00
Please bring your cold, clean ash to our drive at 1062 Rosewarne Drive in Bracebridge on Saturday, November 21 between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Email friends@fotmw.org to get an ash can to donate ash or to learn more.
