"Film for me is a means of expressing my feelings about the things I enjoy, things I am concerned about, mostly the natural world"... Bill Mason

Photo courtesy Bill Mason Productions

The WATERWALKER Film Festival is a tribute to the late Bill Mason the great conservationist, canoeist, painter, author and filmmaker who inspired so many of us to enjoy Canada's waterways and wilderness. His passionate and dedicated care to his work resulted in a need to share its beauty with us and to encourage us to promote its protection.

Following Bill Mason's death Paddle Canada, with the support of the Mason Family, began to organize and administer the Festival. The WATERWALKER Film Festival has now become known throughout North America and Internationally.

Paddle Canada hopes to sustain Bill Mason's vision by raising support and public awareness for waterway and wilderness preservation through the celebration of these films on canoeing, kayaking, water safety, the environment and the conservation and protection of our natural resources.

We invite you to come and be a part of the WATERWALKER Film Festival. Submit a film, host a tour site, become a Festival sponsor, or simply come and enjoy the variety of films and videos submitted by both amateur and professional film makers from around the world.

It is our hope that you will be encouraged and motivated to become involved with the protection and conservation of our wilderness and waterways and to play a role in helping to carry out Bill Mason's legacy.

For more information, please contact:

Anne Baxter
Director, Waterwalker Film Festival
1968 Haig Drive
Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K1G 2K1
Tel: 613-521-7267
waterwalker@paddlingcanada.com