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The Drag and Spruce Lakes Property Owners Association Annual General Meeting was held June 29, 2014. To read the minutes of the meeting, click here.
NOTE: Two excellent videos were shown at the meeting explaining the importance to the health of a lake of maintaining shorelines. To view:
- Ribbon of Life – click here
- A Beginners Guide to Shoreline Stewardship – click here
Please send any questions or comments on this material to dragandsprucelakes@gmail.com
The ‘Flood’
- water levels steadily receding, but still high – for chart, click here
- note – more rain forecast Mon/Tue – remain vigilent
Lost & Found
- dock/deck pieces (photo – click here) – collect at 1040 Sandpoint Rd, or call Laurie Jennings at 416-949-4402
- large blue barrel – collect at 1057 Stratheden Dr (end of Indian Point)
- mystery piece (photo – click here) – email dragandsprucelakes@gmail.com
OPP Update
- as advised by Murray Fearrey at our AGM, a delegation of our Municipal representatives met with the Minister – click here
Climate Change
- presentation from Lakeland Conference, June 6 2014 – Gary Nielsen, Climate Change Project Coordinator, MNR
- projected effects on Ontario, it’s lakes, and our region – click here
Haliburton Camera Club
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Update: July 3rd, 2014 - Due to all the rain and rising water levels, highest in decades, there are many floating objects in the water – logs, docks, stumps, so when out on the water in your boats please go slowly and keep watch. When towing make sure you have a spotter and everyone should keep their eyes open. County, municipality and private crews are busy repairing roads and driveways, even on Canada Day. We should thank them all. If a dock floats to your property it would be best if you can tie it up so that it doesn't continue to float around and be a danger. Hopefully someone will come to claim it.
TSW feedback: No latitude to accelerate lake drawdown due to very high levels also on Head Lake – they cannot handle any extra outflow from Drag/Spruce. One half log was removed from the Drag dam a couple of days ago – current setting is 6 logs (out of 7 total). It will take a few days for the lake to drain.
July 3 water level graph – a serious situation, setting new high level records:
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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.