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Wetland Awareness Tours

Wetland Awareness Tours

About the tour:

Take a tour around he Swale, a provincial significant class 1 wetland on the west side of Smiths Falls. Leave with a much deeper appreciation for all the wetlands provide, and feel good knowing that we contributed to meaningful research. Tours take place in Voyageur Canoes which can accommodate individuals and groups of any size up to max 28 participants.

Tour activities:

• Tour in voyageur canoes
• Learn about the economic, health, and environmental benefits of...

Council Meeting - June 20, 2023

The Agenda has been posted for the June 20, 2023 Council Meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Motions include:

• Municipal Report Card
• Integrity Commissioner Services Annual Report - 2022
• Proposed 2023 Provincial Policy Statement - Comments Be Forwarded to Media
• Council Communication Package
• Municipal Letter for Support for the Application of the Perth Family Health Organization to Become the Perth Family Health Team
• Reducing Municipal Insurance Costs
• OPP Council Crimes Event Fundraiser 

By-Laws include:

• Animal Pound...

Lanark County Media Release - June 7, 2023

Here are the highlights from the Lanark County Council meeting held June 7, 2023.

Vegetation Management Updates Presented: Council accepted an update on vegetation management plan activities that was presented at the recent public works committee meeting by Climate Environmental Coordinator Elizabeth Gallant.

Gallant indicated since the program began in 2016, the amount of spot spraying for wild parsnip has dropped dramatically and there has been no boom spraying since 2019, while hand removal of...

Media Release - Annual Bolingbroke Cemetery Memorial Service

Annual Bolingbroke Cemetery Memorial Service

The Bolingbroke Cemetery Memorial Service, which is held annually on the second Sunday of July, will take place on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

Please bring your own lawn chairs. In the event of rain, the service will be held at the Althorpe Bolingbroke United Church, 2686 Althorpe Road (County Road 6).

Bolingbroke Cemetery116 Bolingbroke Station RoadMaberly, ON  K0H 2B0

Big Rideau Lake Association - Shoal Markers Are in for 2023

Shoal Markers Are In! Keeping Your Boat Afloat!

Can you imagine a lake without shoal markers? Even seasoned boaters, who know where the obstacles are, can run aground when water levels change. Damages to engines and hulls can run in the thousands of dollars. Who do you think puts shoal markers in every spring and removes them every fall on the Big Rideau Lake?

• Parks Canada?
• Rideau Valley Conservation Authority?
• The Townships?
• Transport Canada? 

Nope, it’s the Big Rideau Lake Association!! 

The Shoal...