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With another long weekend starting up, is it time for us to have a code of conduct like other lakes around us with regards to boating in the channel, or even some signage? This past weekend, I was approached by neighbours about boats ripping down the channel. In some cases, kayakers and paddle boarders were

2023 Forum national sur les lacs  (français ci-dessous) First, a big thank you to those who contributed to this year’s water testing and the extra $10 for the registration fee for me to attend the forum.  As promised here is a summary of the Forum national sur les lacs that took place on June 7-8.

2023 Water testing & forum funding campaign-  (français ci-dessous) The 2023 annual campaign to raise funds for water testing is starting again! We currently have $719.06 in the bank to start funding this year’s water testing. Last year, we had 49 cottages out of 121 who contributed which represented an increase of 16 cottages over

2022 Water test Financial summary (français ci-dessous) I want to take this opportunity to thank so many of you that have contributed to the water testing program (some more than the $20 requested). Out of a possible 121 cottages, 49 have joined the campaign to monitor the health of the lake. That’s 40.5% participation. It’s

2022 Water test funding campaign- 2022 (français ci-dessous) The annual campaign to raise funds for water testing is starting! We currently have $291.61 in the bank. Last year, we had 33 cottages who contributed.  In order to support our testing goals for this year and pay for RSVL next spring, we would need to raise

Reflection: The tradition of fireworks at the cottage (français ci-dessous) You’ve watched them since you were a kid and you want yours to experience it as well. Memories of your family and neighbours getting together by the shoreline setting up the various fireworks into the ground and waiting excitedly for darkness to fall. As they

Let the 2022 season begin! (français ci-dessous) It’s been a long cold winter but welcome back to the cottage! For today’s blog photos, we pulled out old Patterson Lake cottage wearables and homemade charcuterie board. Let’s start with a few updates. Last year, I collected $881.00 dollars from 34 cottages to help pay for the water

The 2021 water test results are in! (français ci-dessous) Well, the water testing results are in and have been posted under Environment/Water. The total cost of the testing was $470.08 (includes taxes and environmental surcharge) which I paid myself. If water testing is important to you, we would request if you could send an etransfer

We’re back! (français ci-dessous) With a new URL as you may have noticed and bilingual! It’s been quite a few years since our lake’s website has gone dark. Our former webmaster Shawn Siliker, deserves our thanks and best wishes. The genesis for this new website is, since we no longer have an official lake association,