Bon Echo Photos

The Cloyne and District Historical Society (CDHS) has received some rare photos from the family of Bob Blatchford (1932-2015) - long time Skootamatta cottager and historian. Included in the photos is a album Bob purchased at an auction in Chicago of the fo…

2015 Skootamatta Lake Festival

The schedule for this Saturday's Lake Festival is as follows. Date: Saturday July 25th Place: Trails End Grounds Rain Date: July 26th or August 1st – to be confirmed in advance. Event Schedule*: 5k Run 9:30 am Registration 9:45 am Race start! A…

New 5K Run For This Year's Lake Festival

Registration for the 5km run starts at 9:30 am and the race starts at 9:45 am! The course for the new 5K run has been determined. Lace up your running shoes for this first-ever event at the Lake! The course will be an out-and-back course starting from Tra…

Notice Of Public Meeting - NextEra Wind Turbine Proposal

Two public community meetings have been scheduled by NextEra to discuss its Northpoint II wind turbine proposal. Clar Mill Hall, 6598 Buckshot Lake Rd., Plevna, ONAugust 6: 5-8 pm Denbigh Township Hall, 222 Hwy 28, Denbigh, ONAugust 8: 11 am - 2 pm For …

Lake Festival - Saturday, July 25th

The Lake Festival will be held on Saturday, July 25th. Lots of fun with Kayak races, Swimming races and our second Tri-Generational Try-Athlon! Ken Hook is also organizing the 5K Run as part of this year’s Festival. There will be Kids Games and lots of act…

Membership Dues

If you haven’t sent your membership dues in yet please do.   If you would like to pay online, here is the link: http://skootamatta.ca/membership/   Thanks SDRA Board

Nuisance Bear

A bear has been seen on a number of occasion at the north end of the Narrows. Here is a message from John Redden with some details: At least four cottagers, myself included are experiencing a nuisance bear issue at the north end of the narrows. This critt…

Help Assess Fish Health In Skootamatta Lake

Anders Holder presented to the members at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday.  Anders is a Masters student at the University of Toronto who is doing his Masters thesis on the health of the fishery in Skootamatta Lake. There are 3 phases to his study:…

SDRA Annual General Meeting

Just a reminder that the SDRA Annual General Meeting is this Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 9:30 am at the Pineview Free Methodist Church at Skootamatta Lake Rd. and Hwy 41. Coffee, tea and snacks will be served before the 9:30 am prompt start of the meeting.…

Volunteer Septic Re-Inspections

As mentioned in the attached letter from Reeve Henry Hogg, a voluntary septic re-inspection program was not approved in this year's budget. However, Council would like to direct you to the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Health Unit for educati…