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Weekly Farmers Markets (July & Aug)

  • Bala               Mon 9AM-3PM
  • Baysville       Fri     2AM-6PM
  • Bracebridge  Sat   9AM-2PM
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  • Gravenhurst  Wed 9AM-2PM
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  • Rosseau        Fri   9AM-2PM

 

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2011 Water Quality Interim Report

The SLCO 2011 Interim Water Quality results were published in the newsletter last month and may be viewed on our Water Quality page :
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Weather Getting Warmer

Coutesy Jan Davidson - Apr 4, 2012

Courtesy Jan Davidson - Apr. 4, 2012

Cottage Succession Seminar

Learn about your options from a professional estate planner at the Cottage Estate Planning Seminar hosting by the MLA on Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 pm at Rosedale Golf Club in Toronto.  Join Wilmot George from the Tax and Estate PLanning Group at MacKenzie Financial as he presents 'Tips and Traps' in preparing for cottage succession. To RSVP email info@mla.on.ca  Please note that Rosedale has a strict dress code (casual business attire only please).  This seminar is complimentary to MLA members; for non-members, a $10 fee is required.

Annual MLA Seedling Day

Order your seedlings now for this popular event.  Many varieties are available, but quantities are limited.  Pick up your pre-ordered seedlings on Saturday, May 19 between 9 am and Noon at the Port Carling Community Center.  An order form is attached.
Orders can be emailed to info@mla.on.ca, faxed to 705-765-3203 or mailed to Box 298, Port Carling, ON P0B 1J0

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 Sense of Place -  Vision For Our Lake Stewardship Plan is published

 

Sense of Place Report Cover

Following the presentation on the constitutional changes and the election of directors, The Lake Plan Steering Committee presented the Sense of Place   document which summarizes the views expressed by the responders to the survey of watershed property owners as well as  those of the participants  in the June Community Workshop.

This document outlines the essential "elements" that must be protected in their present state or better, if the Lake is  to remain in the state we wish it to be when we pass it on to future generations . The next steps in the planning process are now to: identify any of these "elements" which seem to be in danger of deteriorating over time, develop strategies which can be used to  stop that deterioration, and then develop stewardship programs to influence individual cottagers, local governments and other Lake visitors to act  in ways that will protect the Lake that we all love so much,

You can read the whole report :  Here>>