Crowe Lake Matters “Protecting our natural heritage” Summer 2010 Crowe Lake Waterway Association, P.O. Box 192, Marmora, Ontario K0K 2M0 C.L.W.A. Executive President Norma Crofts Boat Parade Vice President Come and join the decorated and lighted boat parade on Saturday, June Gord Callan 26, 2010. Treasurer If you don’t wish to light your boat – that’s ok Elinor White . Decorate it!!! Past President This year’s theme: “Your Imagination” David Reid Meeting point: Blairton Lighthouse Directors Don Black Start Time: 7:45 p.m., terminating at the firework’s area. Bob Gapes NOTE: the fireworks won’t start until the boat parade is completed Bill Neill . David Savournin Rules for participation: Ritch Smith Robert Taylor You must enjoy yourself. The huge crowds on shore will be encouraged to create hand-held signs with numbers from 1 to 5 so they can score your boat as you pass by. Fireworks: June 26 / AGM: July 10 HELP NEEDED Elinor White, CLWA Treasurer, discovered this strange “bird” at her feeder. After searching through her bird books she was unable to identify the creature. Can you help her? Crowe Lake Matters! Page: 2 Norma’s Words Crowe Lake Matters! Page: 3 DRUMMOND More than just a lumber store! Docks, Garage & Deck Packages, Landscaping Products, Outdoor Furniture, Flooring, Windows, Doors, Roofing, Siding, Plumbing & Electrical, Rental Centre,Kitchen & Bath Design Centre, Inspiration Boutique. View OUR FLYER www.bmr-legroupe.ca Hwy #7 East, Marmora, 613-472-2628 Crowe Lake Matters! Page: 4 A New Face on Forsyth Due to the continued support from our valued customers, in our current Boutique Inspiration, we are pleased to announce the opening of our second location, in downtown Marmora across from the the LCBO. Boutique Inspiration A division of Drummond BMR ng ri tu ፜ Home Decor ea F ፜ Garden and Outdoor Living ፜ Flower Arrangements ፜ Jewellry ፜ Artwork, including the Group of Seven ፜ and much more Crowe Lake Matters! Page: 5 Crowe Lake Matters! Page: 6 C.L.W. A. Enters Year 13 of Lake Partner th Program 5 Annual Photo Contest Your Crowe Lake Waterway Association will We want your photos of: once again be joining with the MOE to be a participant in the Lake Partner Program. Crowe Lake/Crowe River/Beaver Creek The program uses volunteers to collect Photos may be submitted anytime with water samples that are analyzed for total the closing date of Nov. phosphorous at the MOE’s laboratory at 15, 2010. the Dorset Environmental Science Centre. Precise analysis at this facility allows the Each photographer may observation of between-year differences in submit a maximum of phosphorous concentrations in lakes across two photographs in each the province. Lakes on the Canadian Shield, of the following categories:- this includes Crowe Lake, are sampled once A The beauty of our waterway per year at spring turnover in May and B Recreation on our waterway lakes that are off the Shield are sampled C Wildlife around our waterway monthly to detect late-summer maximum concentrations in lakes where they may Please print the following occur. information & tape it onto the back In addition to of each photo: phosphorous Name of photographer monitoring, the Date taken Lake Partner Location Program Classification {A/B/C} volunteers make Crowe Lake and December contact twice monthly information water clarity Postal Address and email address observations Secchi disk used to monitor water using a Secchi transparency Phone No. - home and local Disc. Water Please Note clarity observations assist with the early All entries become the property of CLWA and detection of problems that may occur even in will not be returned to the entrants. Winners will the absence of any change in phosphorous be announced in our newsletter and the photos concentrations. Impacts, such as climate may be submitted to local media for use in other change and invading species, may affect publications. water clarity. Submitted by Gord Callan The Lake Partner Program contributes relevant Secchi data to The Great North American Dip-In, which collects water clarity This newsletter is produced by CLWA to data throughout North America during keep its members informed about what the first week in July. C.L.W.A. would the Executive has been doing, as well as like to thank Bill Neill and Bob Gapes for other topics that may be of interest. continuing this annual testing on our behalf. If you have news items, photos, etc. that (information for this article provided by F.O.C.A.) would be of interest to the membership, please email: [email protected]. If you wish to view the newsletter online, We need an email address email us at the above address to have to insert here the newsletter sent to you. Let’s talk! Crowe Lake Matters! Page: 7 Boating Consideration A large boat that is travelling at a speed that Here it is, not quite the end of April, and does not allow it to plane, but lifts the bow already there have been all sorts of boats far out of the water, will produce a wake on the waterway. It used to be that the big that will cause damage. The property owners boat launch, dock installing week-end was on the lake may not suffer as much as they May 24th. Boating has joined the ranks of have adapted their shorelines and docks to those other sports that push the seasonal accommodate large waves that will occur on boundaries, like golf and motorcycling. windy days. However the properties on the river and Beaver Creek can suffer. I have One thing that hasn’t changed much is heard it suggested by a person, who lives that the vast majority of boaters on the on the creek, that it should be a “no wake” Crowe system are a considerate lot. As one zone. Actually if a boat abides by the speed who used to sail through the mouth of the limit, there shouldn’t be a problem. A large river into the lake many times, I can tell boat travelling at 10 km/h will not throw up you that the number of people who showed a large wake. the least sign of impatience, over the many years, could be counted on one hand. On I would like to think that all boaters either the whole, people boating are out there to are considerate or would like to think that enjoy themselves and do not have a state of they are. When you are out in your boat, be mind that would harbour animosity towards aware of the waves that you are producing. If others. you are bowling over toddlers at the water’s edge, or sweeping all the fishing gear off the There is, however, a different type of dock that children are fishing from, adjust inconsideration that is emerging with a your speed to reduce the wake. Incidentally, few boaters. The average size of boats now I have seen both of those things happen has increased over the years. In the 60s, a in the river. I have also seen moored boats water skiing boat would be about 14 ft. long, pounded against docks and shorelines. Take powered by a 40 HP motor. Not so much a moment to look back and see the size of now. Boats that are over 20 ft. in length are your wake. It’s just considerate. more common now. With this longer hull Submitted by Lionel Bennett and larger displacement comes much larger wakes. DURING WEEKLY INSPECTION WE… RATES INTERCEPTDURING WEEKLY INSPECTION HOME WE… RATES WATCH DURING YOUR WEEKLY INSPECTION WE... 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