Volunteer on Projects

Volunteer Opportunities

GWI member groups are actively involved with a variety of restoration projects along the waterway. The GWI acts as a hub for information distribution

Check out work being done in different watersheds along the Gorge:

• Friends of Cuthbert Holmes: This group is removing invasive plants and restoring native habitat in Cuthbert Holmes Park, a District of Saanich park at the mouth of Colquitz Creek near Portage Inlet.
• Gorge Waterway Action Society offers numerous volunteer opportunities at the Gorge Waterway Nature House and throughout Esquimalt Gorge Park.
• Saanich Parks Pulling Together Program offers hands-on ecological restoration volunteer opportunities in a number of Saanich parks including Cuthbert Holmes Park and Swan Creek Park.
• The Beaver Elk Environmental Stewards (BEES) are a group of volunteers dedicated to the restoration of Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park. Contact them for more information about volunteer opportunities including water quality monitoring, invasive plant removal, and creek restoration. 
• More volunteer opportunities throughout the CRD can be found here.

Shoreline Clean Up

• Burnside Gorge Community Association
• Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club