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The rehabilitation work is on schedule for this fall. Update received from Parks Canada:
“Through investments in infrastructure, Parks Canada is protecting and preserving our treasured places, while supporting local economies, contributing to growth in the tourism sector, and enhancing the safety of Canada’s heritage sites.
As a part of these important investments, Parks Canada has announced funding in order to rehabilitate the Drag Lake dams in the Municipality of Dysart et al.
Our first major milestone towards this rehabilitation has been achieved and Parks Canada is happy to announce that the construction contract has been awarded to MTM-2 Contracting Inc.
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To read the FOCA Labour Day elert – click here.
- Asian carp
- West Nile virus
- blue-green algae
- and more!
Enjoy the Weekend!!
Update August 11, 2016
- Many thanks to Dwayne McCutcheon who donated a 3rd full-sized picnic table to Podmore Beach. Along with the other 2 tables donated by Timbermart and Wayne Hussey’s 3 kid-sized picnic tables, it’s a wonderful place to spend an afternoon. Thank you to everyone for helping to keep it so clean and tidy. Just a reminder that it is a NO BURN area. Of course, all of Haliburton is No Burn right now.
- Golf Day is our last association social event of this season (where is summer going ?). The always fun event is Saturday September 3rd starting at 10 AM. Call Wayne Hussey to register, 705 457-2892.
- For great information on our precious waterways you might wish to attend the following evening at the Fish Hatchery “Lakes I Have Known”: Click here!
- Water Levels – due to very dry conditions TSW is planning significant water level draw downs in the immediate future – click here. Watch out for navigation hazards appearing sooner than usual.
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Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that the County of Haliburton is located on Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which are Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.
We acknowledge a shared presence of Indigenous nations throughout the area, and recognize its original, Indigenous inhabitants as the stewards of its lands and waters since time immemorial.