Return to this Website periodically to see future projects and updates on how the rehabilitation of the Penetangore River is coming. Below are several images showing the sequence of changes during a recent project on the Little Sauble near Port Elgin. Streams, such as the Little Sauble, show evidence of nature's sculpting. The first picture shows an area of stream that has become eroded from lack of tree cover and uncontrolled run-off. Among the damaging effects of stream bank erosion, are deposition of sediments in the riffles and rapids of the stream, which are the stream's oxygen and food producing areas.
Sediments also cover spawning areas.
The next step in our repair progress is the addition of topsoil fill, prior to tree planting and grass cover. The third picture shows the the bank reinforced with a base of heavy boulders. The bank was sculpted to make it more stable and also the stream bed was narrowed to increase water velocity before placing the protective layer of boulders. The last picture in this sequence shows the completed project after ground cover has returned. This area of the Little Sauble now sports a reinforced bank and the stream can flow unabated.