Just ahead of the 2011 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup in September, the organizers of the event released a list of Canada's dirtiest shorelines, measured by how many kilograms of litter were picked up per each kilometre of shore in last year's cleanup.
The dirtiest shoreline is Sydenham Lake in Kingston, Ont., where 5,000 kg of food wrappers, plastic forks and other junk were collected.
The other four top offenders were:
Kanaka Creek/Kanaka Creek Regional Park, Maple Ridge, B.C. - 3,200 kg
Baie des Chaleurs, Charlo, N.B. - 2,720 kg
Tom Hopkins Ravine Park, Delta, B.C. - 1,200 kg
Brownsville Bar Park on the Fraser River, Surrey, B.C. - 1,200 kg
The organizers also listed the five cleanest shorelines:
Niagara-on-the-Lake has some of the country's cleanest beaches, with just .50 kg of garbage removed from the shore of the beach at Firelane 14. (Julie Jocsak/QMI Agency)
