Support your watershed and celebrate the season!

The Athabasca Watershed Council (AWC) is proud to be celebrating 10 years of protecting and promoting the Athabasca watershed.

This year’s gala marks a special milestone for the AWC and honours the great work that has been done to champion our amazing watershed. We have planned a very festive event that takes inspiration from our Members and supporters and will feature a silent auction, dinner, live entertainment by The Torpedos, and much more!

Bring an unwrapped gift for a child or teen for an extra entry to our Door Prize draw, supporting Santas Anonymous in Athabasca.

Proceeds from our Gala will go towards supporting our projects in the watershed, including:

Indigenous Outreach & Relationship Building
Documentary Film on Watershed
Youth Programs
Supporting Stewardship Groups
Supporting Citizen Science Programs
Educational Workshops and Stakeholder Conferences

The Torpedoes

The Torpedos band outside posing for picture

The Torpedoes have been described as Northern Alberta’s finest classic rock band. Formed in Lac La Biche in 1993 when Lionel Peterson (guitar), Brian Deheer (bass, vocals) and Rick Hemmaway (guitar & vocals) met in Lac La Biche through Lionel’s brother Neil, the band’s original drummer. Twenty-six years later they’re still going strong, with drummer Vaughn to complete the group.

The Torpedoes do a lively combination of classic rock, country, blues, and other danceable and entertaining styles (e.g. rockabilly, reggae, punk, calypso, cajun). A Torpedoes show offers a treat of high-energy classics, with the sounds of CCR, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Steve Miller, Bryan Adams & Tom Petty, among others. Also known for their harmony vocals, this is a band in which all the members sing.

About the Athabasca Watershed Council

The AWC is one of 11 provincial Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPAC) representing the major watersheds in Alberta. We are a Canadian charitable organization, with a multi-stakeholder Board of Directors that, through consensus decision making, informs the overall management of the watershed.

Athabasca Watershed Council 10th Anniversary Gala

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