NEWSLETTER
Summer 2022
Summer 2022
This past year our Association has taken steps to follow-up on the priorities of our membership as identified by our previous surveys. We applied for, and received, a South Frontenac Township grant to help determine the viability of a boat washing station to prevent the invasion of aquatic invasive species. We legally changed our Association’s name in order to address the concern that the name appears to not include those members in the West Basin, and after two years of restrictions we are hopeful that we can finally have our AGM in person at the wonderful Loughborough Heritage Orchard.
(Reproduced with permission from FOCA)
Cottage country boaters, lake associations, and marinas from Lake Erie to Sudbury to the Thousand Islands are all pledging to Be #WakeAware this boating season.
You can too.
My husband and I joined the Lake Association very soon after we built our retirement home on the rocky shore of the East basin of Loughborough Lake. It was the beginning of a period of discovery – learning about septics, water quality, wildlife and how blessed we were to live in such a beautiful semi-wild spot in Ontario. As city dwellers in the past we had a lot to learn!
One of the wonderful things about living on the lake and driving the road in the month of June is seeing the turtles. They seem to have an amazing way of knowing when we are going to have a good rain and so out they come to lay their eggs. A couple of weeks ago, as I drove along the North Shore Road, I saw several turtles – as you can see, the Snapping Turtle was busy laying her eggs, and another more relaxed painted turtle was just out for a little walk…..of course, it was right in the middle of the road so I got out and gently persuaded it to continue across to the safety of the grass.
Water quality report on Loughborough Lake.
How complicated could it be to remove the name “Battersea” from our corporate name of Battersea Loughborough Lake Association? It turns out that for the simple change intended, it was not a quick process. Your lake association got caught up with all the hoopla and rigmarole of the corporate – government interface.
The following article is condensed from a booklet published by FOCA titled “A Shoreline Owner’s Guide to Invasive Species” and the Ontario Government Boaters’ Action Plan.
