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The Duck Islands is a chain of five islands within the Canadian waters of Lake Huron, located southwest of Manitoulin Island and within the Manitoulin District.The largest island within the chain is known as Great Duck Island while the others are named for their location in the chain: Inner Duck, Middle Duck, Outer Duck, and Western Duck.
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Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is a Canadian non-profit environmental organization that works to conserve, create, restore and manage Canadian wetlands and associated uplands in order to provide healthy ecosystems that support North American waterfowl, other wildlife and people. [1]
The Capilano River Regional Park, which surrounds the river and incorporates the fish hatchery, provides several kilometres of easy to moderate hiking trails alongside the river. Every year in March the Capilano River is host to an annual charity duck race. Thousands of yellow rubber ducks are purchased ahead of time by the public.
The construction of a conservation and reception centre took place in 1991 at a cost of CA$11 million and serves as Ducks Unlimited Canada's national headquarters, as well as the Harry J. Enns Wetland Discovery Centre. [6] This building was officially opened in 1993, 20 years after the original restoration of the marsh. [6]
Main Duck Island is a Canadian island in the eastern part of Lake Ontario situated next to the smaller Yorkshire Island. It was purchased by Parks Canada in 1977 and has been administered as part of the Thousand Islands National Park since 1998, even though it is not part of the Thousand Islands region.
The blue-winged teal is primarily found in the northern prairies and parklands. It is the most abundant duck in the mixed-grass prairies of the Dakotas and the prairie provinces of Canada. The blue-winged teal is also found in wetlands of boreal forest associations, shortgrass prairies, tallgrass prairies, and deciduous woodlands. [13]
Their first challenge was inducing spawning from wild adult geoducks brought into the hatchery; the second challenge was the survival of the resulting larvae. [6] As per 2012, research into improving culture techniques is continuing, however the basic environmental conditions for growth of geoducks have already been established.