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As you know, we had a a bit of a false start to the ice-in this year, and then finally settled on a date of Jan 18. Subsequent to that decision, a few days later, there were a couple of reports of possible open water on the main lake. It is uncertain whether this was water overContinue reading “More about Lake Ice Cover”

Hi all, I realize that I had never updated the Hummingbird departure dates as recorded by Cathy Burgess. (16 Sept 2023) The updated graph can be found in this section of the web site: Basically the birds arrive around May 8 and depart around Sept 16. The trendline indicates that the birds are leaving about 8 days laterContinue reading “2023 Hummingbird Historical Departure Dates for Chandos”

After a false start, we have settled on an Ice-In date of 18 Jan, 2023 for the winter of 2023/24 . Apologies for any confusion this might have caused. The new graph can be found here.

The Kawartha Lakes Stewards Association has recently published a superb booklet for Aquatic Plant identification, Its 78 pages cover 7 “Emergent Plants”, 6 “Floating Plants”, and 17 “Submersed Plants”, which are most commonly found in the Kawarthas. The booklet can be found here. I wonder if anyone can tell us which plants can be foundContinue reading “KLSA Aquatic Plants Guide 2023”

Hello all, I recently received a notice of an upcoming seminar on November 4 to be hosted by the Federation of Cottage Associations, of which the CLPOA is a member. What excited me about it is that the featured speaker is Dr John Smol, who in my humble opinion, is an absolute god when itContinue reading “FOCA Fall Seminar – Dr John Smol, Nov 4, 2023”

Debra Anthony recently sent out a link to the Muskoka link report card: It is only a summary report, the in-depth data is to come later. However it is very interesting in its own right and I would just like to make some comments vis a vis Chandos. (Previous Muskoka Report Cards can be foundContinue reading “Muskoka Lakes Report Card 2023 vs Chandos Lake”

No doubt everyone is very aware of the wild fire catastrophes occurring across the nation this spring, well ahead of “fire season”. Personally, I think that besides preserving the water quality of our lake and lake safety, wild fire preparedness should be one of the most important mandates of our lake association. The recent fireContinue reading “Fire threats in North Kawartha”

Hi folks, It is amazing how fast the lake comes to life as soon as the ice goes out! This spring the “official” ice-out date is April 16. Updated historical graphs can be found on the web-site. Over the last 35 years, on a trendline basis, the ice cover duration has reduced by about 11Continue reading “Recent additions to the website.”

The “official” Ice-In date for Chandos Lake has been determined by Cathy Burgess to be January 11, 2023. A graph showing the Ice-In dates since 1985 can be found here. More discussion on Ice In and Out can be found here.

Back in 2019, an MSc research project funded by the CLPOA, Western University, and MITACS was undertaken by David Zilkey on the changing condition of Gilmour Bay since the arrival in the area of European settlers.  Regrettably, Covid played havoc with getting this work completed in a timely fashion, but now a “Plain Language” advanceContinue reading “Using Lake Sediments to Track Changes in Aquatic Plant Communities”