With over two million lakes and rivers and 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater, Canada has an incredible abundance of aquatic natural resources. Canadians share a deep historical connection to freshwater; we rely on it for transportation, for resources, for employment, for food and for recreation — swimming, boating, fishing or simply admiring the scenery of a natural lake or wild river.
Unfortunately, many of Canada’s freshwaters are no longer the pristine ecosystems they once were. At CWF, we are working to encourage a better balance between the needs of our society and of the ecosystems that sustain us.
The Europeans brought many diseases that killed off the tribe and eventually led to the tribe decreasing greatly. The Europeans took over their land and enslaved/killed a lot of them. The Europeans overall forced them off of their land or they killed/enslaved them.
