Save our Water in Tiny Township, Simcoe County, Ontario is a grassroots environmental coalition fighting to stop gravel pits above an aquifer that supplies drinking water to many in this rural community
2022 Elmvale Fall Fair2022 Elmvale Fall FairLeft to right: Erik Schomann, Tara Marshall and Mike Schreiner – April 2022Ann Truyens (left) and Kim Kosari (right) – April 2022Thanks to all the participants at the Save Our Water rally at Queen’s Park on World Water Day – March 2022Paul Cowley & Bonnie Pauze – March 2022Judith Grant, Danny Beaton, Garry Sault, Linda Chernecki – March 2022Anne Nahuis, Garry Sault, Bonnie Pauze – March 2022Garry Sault, Gibb Wishart – March 2022Tara. Marshall (Holding sign up) – March 2022Gibb Wishart, Tony Mintoff – March 2022Mark Calzavara (Council of Canadians) – March 2022Mike Powell – March 2022March 2022March 2022Michael Arseneault – March 2022MPP Sandy Shaw – March 2022Representatives from the Simcoe County Environmental Youth Alliance – March 2022
Scientists Mike Powell and Bill Shotyk are beginning to start water sampling at 30 locations around the Alliston aquifer – October 2021Scientists Mike Powell and Bill Shotyk are beginning to start water sampling at 30 locations around the Alliston aquifer – October 2021Scientists Mike Powell and Bill Shotyk are beginning to start water sampling at 30 locations around the Alliston aquifer – October 2021 Drummers for water at Hwy 27 and French Hill Rd – May 2021 Drummers for water at Hwy 27 and French Hill Rd – May 2021 Drummers for water at Hwy 27 and French Hill Rd – May 2021 Teedon Pit – Community Liaison Tour 2019Teedon Pit – Community Liaison Tour 2019Save our Water lawn signsPrayer Poles Erected during the April 2018 water Ceremony with Grandmother Josephine Mandamin and the Water WalkersErin Archer of The Friends of the Waverley Uplands with Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, July 2019.Former Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May at the Flow – July 2019Water Keeper Erin Archer at the Teedon Pit GatesUnity Flag at the FlowSave our Water lawn signs all over Simcoe County – Fall 2019 The Elmvale Flow – always flowingWater KeepersPrayer PolesThe Elmvale FlowThe Waverley Uplands in the background at the Elmvale FlowLocals gathered outside a September, 2018 meeting of the CRH citizens liaison committee listen to Chief Guy Monague of Beausoleil First Nation.Former Beausoleil First Nation chief Jeff Monague with Pete Anderson and Vicki Monague The new Flow – a barn-like structure with three pipes – was a project spearheaded by Dr. William Shotyk, in partnership with then Springwater councillor Rick Webster. Here, in December 2013, members of the Elmvale Lions Club have just finished construction work The Flow north of Elmvale when it came out of a single old pipe, as shown in 2011 Teedon Pit from the air 2008, before wash ponds
2022 Elmvale Fall Fair2022 Elmvale Fall FairGathering at the Elmvale Flow on Tuesday, April 19, 2022Green Party leader Mike Schreiner – April 2022March 2022MPP Sol Mamakwa – March 2022Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner – March 2022Eric Schomann – March 2022Garry Sault (Mississauga of the Credit elder) – March 2022CTV reporter, Tara Marshall – March 2022Mike Balkwill (Wellington Water Watchers) – March 2022Beth Brass Elson (Christian Island) – March 2022Water is Life – March 2022Danny Beaton (Mohawk elder) – March 2022Danny Beaton (Mohawk elder) – March 2022Claire Malcolmson ( Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition) – March 2022Danny Beaton, MPP Mike Schreiner – March 2022March 2022Scientists Mike Powell and Bill Shotyk are beginning to start water sampling at 30 locations around the Alliston aquifer – October 2021Scientists Mike Powell and Bill Shotyk are beginning to start water sampling at 30 locations around the Alliston aquifer – October 2021Scientists Mike Powell and Bill Shotyk are beginning to start water sampling at 30 locations around the Alliston aquifer – October 2021Teedon Pit – Community Liaison Tour 2019Wash Pond – Teedon Pit – Community Liaison Tour 2019Elmvale Fall Fair October 2019Teedon Pit Gates July 2019 – Visit by Elizabeth MayArtesian well water from the Alliston Aquifer at the Elmvale FlowWater Keepers Shelley Essaunce and Beth Brass ElsonSave our water for future generationsThe Elmvale FlowSpreading the word at the Elmvale Flow – Thanksgiving weekend 2019Volunteers spreading the word at the Flow – summer 2018Anne Ritchie-Nahuis, Dr. John Cherry and Dr. William Shotyk , September 2018Kevin Mitchell of Dufferin Aggregates and Vicki Monague, March 2018 March 2018 – Wyebridge Community CentreChief Monague outside Wyebridge Community CentreWyebridge Community CentreFormer Beausoleil First Nation chief Roland Monague addresses residents – March 2018 Gathering of drummers – Township of Tiny Council ChambersNovember 2017November 2017Sunrise at the Site 41 protest camp, summer 2009 – Robert Preston
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