NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the Township of Algonquin Highlands will hold a statutory public meeting and open house regarding Official Plan Amendment No. 2, being an Amendment to implement the results of the Township’s Five Year Official Plan Review. Click Here to read the public notice.
OPEN HOUSE
The Open House is intended to provide members of the public with an opportunity … [Read More...]
The Annual Arts & Crafts Show and Sale will be held on the Saturday of Labour Day weekend at Little Hawk Resort, from 12:00-2:00pm. There will be a great variety of crafts including painting, pottery and jewelry, all from our local artists.
Come on over and check it out, and while you are there, have some lunch at Little Hawk Resort. … [Read More...]
There is no need to worry about algae that, until last week, had been covering part of the Kennisis River between Big Hawk and Halls lakes. That is the message from Michael Longpre, senior environmental officer with the Peterborough Environment Ministry, who visited the river last week. By the time of Longpre's visit, the algae had already been washed away, after officials with the Trent Severn … [Read More...]
The attached letter is the response we received from Dawn Bronson, the Field Superintendent for Park Canada. Although I don't expect any significant change in either Parks Canada's water management policies, they have at least taken some steps to fill the lakes to a better level, albeit mostly with the assistance of all the rain we have had. My response to her is that we still believe that the … [Read More...]
As part of the Official Plan 5 Year Review process, there was an opportunity to submit proposals for changes. Halls Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association took advantage of that opportunity and submitted our proposal based on the data collected and documented in our Lake Plan. Our submission is posted on this website under "Our Position". I really like George's suggestion to use the Shoreline … [Read More...]
After a significant amount of pressure was put on the Trent-Severn Waterway (TSW) regarding the water levels this year (including a letter from Halls Hawk Lakes Property Owners Association), Parks Canada has responded with an explanation about why we are experiencing these conditions and some steps they are taking in an effort to recover some water. … [Read More...]
Provided by The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Associations
Cottagers come north to relax and unwind from the pressures of city life. They typically stay close to the cottage except for trips to town for supplies and entertainment. Many of us don’t really want to get involved in local politics and issues that don’t directly affect us and our cottages. But the reality is we are … [Read More...]
Water levels have been an ongoing issue for our lakes for decades, but the startling conditions we are seeing this summer are worse than we can recall in the 60 year history of our Association. We have written to the Field Superintendent (see the article below Our Water Levels) expressing our concerns and requesting some changes to the management practices, however we believe we must be aggressive … [Read More...]
that, because of low Alkalinity (particularly in Litte Hawk) our lakes are susceptible to acidification and extremely sensitive to acid rain/precipitation
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