Zebra mussel found in Cedar Lake
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THE Saskatchewan River system is the latest waterway to host the zebra mussel, as a single larvae has been found in Cedar Lake.
Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship announced late Thursday water sampling in Manitoba’s fourth-largest lake revealed the presence of a single zebra mussel veliger, the term used to describe an immature member of the invasive mollusc.
Cedar Lake is the final body of water on the Saskatchewan River system, which begins on the Alberta side of the Rocky Mountains and flows through Saskatchewan and Manitoba on its way to Lake Winnipeg.
Since zebra mussels have not been found along this waterway — and are not capable of ascending the hydroelectric dam spillway at Grand Rapids — Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship believes people carried the mussel into Cedar Lake.
“This finding strongly suggests that the overland movement of uncleaned watercraft or water-related equipment resulted in the appearance of a veliger, because Cedar Lake has no direct connection to a waterway where zebra mussels have previously been found,” the province said in a statement.