Look out for a new spic and span version of Lookout Lake with a larger rainbow trout population.

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When the City of Colwood asked for help with the project, Wilson Dive Centre stepped up.

The centre brought 10 volunteer divers and three surface support volunteers.

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The divers submerged six metres to the lowest points in the lake and retrieved garbage and other waste, including a tire, a bike rim and plenty of fishing line and hooks.

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About 10 students from Belmont secondary schoolB次元官网网址檚 leadership class helped clean the beach around the lake.

Colwood firefighters were also on hand in case they were needed.

After all the waste was removed, about 150 rainbow trout were released by the Freshwater Fisheries Society.

reporter@goldstreamgazette.com