Friends of Bowker Creek

06/05/2026

Work specific to The District of Oak Bay has been over three weeks of underwater debris cleanup including Eelgrass restoration and transplantation. Designated voluntary no Anchor zone for conservation and protection of eelgrass. This video explains all the work SeaChange Marine Conservation Society does in detail!

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The Salish Sea is one of the most diverse and ecologically importan...

06/02/2026

BE DELIGHTED at our Watershed Serenade concert this Saturday, June 6. Help raise funds for Bowker Creek restoration projects. The Watershed String Quartet matinee performance features lively, uplifting works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Schumann. See poster for details:

06/01/2026

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Building rain gardens helps keep our watersheds clean for spawning salmon.

05/27/2026

On May 21, we held our Volunteer Recognition event to acknowledge the amazing commitment of those who show up for the watershed in so many ways -- building raingardens, planting native species, monitoring water quality, raising awareness…they do it all! Thank you! We couldn’t do it without you!

We also are immensely grateful to our sponsors/ donors for the evening’s festivities. Many thanks to Willow's Pizza, Mosi Bakery- Cafe & Gelateria , Gardenworks, Starbucks , The Old Farm Market , Twyla's Flower Farm and Save-On-Foods . Please help us acknowledge them by supporting these generous local businesses.

05/13/2026

Join us for an afternoon concert of cheerful and energetic live music in support for Bowker Creek restoration.

Featuring the Watershed String Quartet, string section leaders from the Civic Orchestra of Victoria will perform uplifting works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Schumann. Saturday, June 6 @ 1:00 PM, Victoria Friends Meeting House, 1831 Fern Street. All welcome. Admission by donation. Doors open at 12:30

05/03/2026

Beautiful afternoon at Uplands Park in Oak Bay!

04/23/2026

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

Water is life! 💦

And thank-you to our hard working volunteers, who are making a difference in the Shelbourne watershed and along the Bowker Creek /Thaywun corridor! 🏞️

01/16/2026

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Otter spotted at Cedar Hill !

01/10/2026

Salmon returns off the table for Oak Bay’s Bowker Creek – for now....

Gerald Harris, director of the Friends of Bowker Creek Society (FoBC), said that despite the non-profit’s best efforts, last year’s spawning season saw no salmon return to the waterway.

Ian Graeme, the group’s co-chair, said last year that ocean currents, natural predators, fishing, pathogens, pollution and climate change mean that “typically fewer than one per cent of fertilized eggs survive to adulthood and spawn.” Other factors include the creek’s physical barriers, like culverts, upstream sediment, pollution and highly variable water flows. Still, hope remains. Chum could swim back in 2026 and 2028 from eggs FoBC incubated in 2023 and 2025. Between March and April last year, the group released approximately 10,000 fry into the waterway.

source: Victoria News