canadian rock tour
“We are here, not to bury the lake but to dig it out. To look for its heart, to find it and win it back.” Gord Downie
HEART OF A LAKE
TOUR By Krystyn Tully, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Photos by Dylan Neild
T Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Mark Mattson says ‘thank-you’ to the people struggling to make their communities better places to live. Inset: The Capitol Theatre in Port Hope, Ontario
www.waterkeeper.org
his September Lake Ontario Waterkeeper brought its Heart of a Lake Tour to three southern Ontario towns. Each show featured an unforgettable presentation by Canadian music icon Gord Downie. Artists Andrea Nann and Tanis Rideout performed special works of dance and poetry. Waterkeeper Mark Mattson talked of environmental justice. The Tour was inspired by ordinary people’s struggles to win back what they’ve lost: clean water. Access to their harbours. The respect of government and industry. Heart of a Lake gave Lake Ontario Waterkeeper a chance to speak to thousands of people about the connection between clean water and a healthy civil society. And it was powerful: Theatres were packed. Local and national media listened. Ordinary citizens were inspired to action. w
Winter 2007 Waterkeeper Magazine 29
