The conversion of the following documents to digital (pdf)  format has been made possible through education program grants provided in 2001.

The first three books have been very popular items with teachers for the past decade, but are now out print, so we have made them available in digital format here. The last three documents were prepared in 2002 to provide teachers with activity sheets and class exercises to complement outings to the Sanctuary. Many thanks to Sue Earles from Beach Grove Elementary School for her assistance with these booklets.

You will need Acrobat Reader to view these books so please go to the Adobe Acrobat website http://www.adobe.comto download their most recent version of the program. 

Click on the following images for more details on these publications.

Discover Your Estuary was published in 1992 by Environment Canada, and provides an overview of the history and ecology of the Fraser River Estuary. To view or download this 120-page resource guide, click on the appropriate version:

The English and French versions are located on Environment Canada's Green Lane website in the form of several files, each containing a few chapters of the document.

Wildlife and Farms, Living Together in the Fraser Delta was published in 1993 and outlines Fraser Delta farming and wildlife themes in a colouring book format. It was prepared for Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service for the local Greenfields Project.

To download this 32-page colouring book, click on the following: ENGLISH  (4.2 MB)

Farms, Feathers & Fins is a 1994 colouring book which outlines farming and wildlife  in the Comox Valley, where hundreds of Trumpeter Swans overwinter. It was prepared for  the Comox Valley Waterfowl Management Project.

To download this 40-page colouring book, click on the following: ENGLISH   (5.34 MB)

Exploring the Sanctuary is a booklet of teacher fact sheets and student activity sheets related to themes encountered on typical class visits to the Sanctuary. The focus is upon habitat requirements, adaptations, and the diversity of the Sanctuary site itself.

To download this 40-page booklet, click on the following: ENGLISH (2.10 MB)

Just Hatched is designed to help teachers and parents of young children prepare for an outing to the Sanctuary in spring. It features nests, eggs, some activities for older children related to these topics, and a fun game to practice not stepping on young ducklings and breaking up family groups of birds.

To download this 40-page booklet, click the following: ENGLISH (2.5 MB)

Migration Studies is  for middle and secondary students and features the migration of the snow geese, research tools such as bird-banding and waterfowl surveys, and fact sheets about migration.

To download this 50-page booklet, click on the following: ENGLISH (3.73 MB)