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     Canadian Heritage Rivers System 
     
    
   
   
    
     While Canada has been blessed with access.to what seems to be 
     
     unlimited supplies of fresh water, there is a wide spectrum of 
     
     thought within the general public that we are not managing this 
     
     tremendous resource wisely. In the late seventies federal, 
     
     provincial and territorial parks ministers directed their 
     
     officials to develop a proposal for the establishment of a 
     
     Canadian Heritage Rivers System. The proposal was accepted by a 
     
     majority of the participants with only a few exceptions to the 
     
     recommendations of the task force. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The objectives of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System are to give 
     
     national recognition to the important rivers of Canada and to 
     
     ensure their future management - such that: 
     
    
   
   
    
     a) the natural heritage which they represent is conserved 
     
     and interpreted: 
     
    

    
     b) the human heritage which they represent is conserved and 
     
     interpreted: 
     
    

    
     c) the opportunities they possess for recreation and 
     
     heritage appreciation are realized by residents of and 
     
     visitors to Canada. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In June of this year, the province as represented by the 
     
     Department of Tourism and Parks contracted with the Island Nature 
     
     Trust to do a preliminary study to determine which Prince Edward 
     
     Island rivers might be nominated as Canadian Heritage Rivers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Steering Committee chaired by Doug Murray, Director of Parks, 
     
     will direct the Study Team. Other members of the Committee are 
     
     Arthur Smith, Dept. of Environment, Bruce Smith, Dept. of 
     
     Environment, Bill Glen, Dept. of Energy and Forestry, Richard 
     
     Veinot, Dept. of Community and Cultural Affairs and Nicholas 
     
    
   
   
    
     Coomber, Canadian Parks Service. The Study Team will be under 
     
     the leadership of Dianne Griffin, assisted by Fred Horne, Paula 
     
     Banks, Kelley Crawford and Janita Glencross. The study will be 
     
    
   
   
    
     conducted in four phases: 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. Development of a heritage and recreational value 
     
     classification system. 
     
    

    
     2. Data Collection and analysis. 
     
    

    
     3. Management feasibility and implications. 
     
    

    
     4. Summary, conclusions and recommendations. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A draft final report will be made available at the end of 
     
     November, 1991. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The following are the 17 rivers to be studied; Brudenell, 
     
     Cardigan, Dunk, Fortune, Hillsborough, Hunter, Kildare, Mill, 
     
     Montague, Morell, Murray, Southwest, Stanley, Vernon, West, 
     
     Wheatley, and Trout. 
     
    
   
   
    
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