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Kashwakamak Lake SustainabilityPlanning Committee

Committee Update

Kashwakamak Lake Association AGM Meeting

July 13, 2013

• About Sustainability

• Accomplishments

• State of the Lake Report

• Next Steps

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Agenda

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What is Sustainability?

Future generations have access to

the same opportunities

and quality of life that we do.

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An Older View of Sustainability

Nature• Water• Plants & Animals• Land

Economy• Business• Government

Community• Residents• Organizations• Cottagers

Sustainability is the balance of these parts to ensure they

work together

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Sustainability is About Dependency

Economy• Business• Government

Nature• Water• Plants & Animals• Land

Community• Residents• Organizations• Cottagers

An economy can only exist within a community

A community can only exist in a natural environment

There is an important dependency to keep in balance

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The Committee’s Purpose

To bring together common interests of the community to develop a sustainability plan that carries forward a legacy of enjoying

the lake while supporting the natural environment for future generations to enjoy.

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Purpose of a lake planning process

• Promote discussion and action with all community members

• Identify and protect specific lake values• Identify issues and impacts• Set a future vision for the lake

Community engagement is critical to ensure the lake sustainability plan reflects the interests and concerns of the broad community, not special interests

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Key Accomplishments

1. Established Lake Sustainability Committee (2010)2. Completed Community Survey (December 2011)3. Completed Business Survey (March 2012)4. Presented Survey Results (July 2012)5. Published State of the Lake Report (July 2013)

Note: the committee spent $125 to date, of our original $1,000 budget

• Water & Water Levels• Commercial Activity• Wildlife• Septic Systems

State of the Lake Report

• #1 Value – Clean, Clear water

• #1 Use of the Lake – Swimming

• #1 Concern – Personal Water Craft

Report Topics

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• Lake Development• Boating & Fishing• Social History• Shoreline Erosion

Interesting Tidbits in the Report

• What significant crop grows downstream of Kashwakamak Lake?

• The major cause of water levels dropping in the summer is ______?

• Originally, how many lodges were on Kashwakamak Lake?

• What percentage of cottagers have three generations enjoying their cottage?

• What is the primary economic driver for the area? 10

Social History… add your story!

• History of the lake development– Lake Dam, Forestry, Mining

• Settlements– Ardoch, Kaladar, Flinton, Northbrook, Cloyne,

Myers Cave, etc.

• Settlement on the Lake– Weiss Point, Twin Oaks Lodge

• Families– The Watkins, The Savignys, Smith Road

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Online Map with Historical Links

• Weiss Point history is an active link

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Weiss Point History

Weiss Point: The History, The Place, The People

A Personal View

Dave BouttellDecember 2008

Foreword

At the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Weiss Point Residents’ Association held on August 3 at the Burbidge Property, there was a suggestion made that one of the original members write a brief history of the Point and the Association. I volunteered. Little did I then know that this project would take on a life of its own; like a gas, it filled as much space as I was willing to allow it.

It is nearly 200 years in this area since the First Nations encountered the first white squatters, quickly to be followed by the first true settlers who were given free land grants. The seasonal settlers started to arrive about a century later

Our own pilgrimage to the land we know and love began in August 1976 when John Savigny lead us along a pot-holed Highway 506 (prior to the bulldozed, blasted, realigned and resurfaced major highway we now travel) to the village of Ardoch, thence onto Smith Road and

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Lake Sustainability Planning Phases

Focus for

next 12 months

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It’s Your Turn

Step 1 – Read the State of the Lake Report

Step 2 – Think about what you want for the future of the Kashwakamak Lake community

Step 3 – Give us your contact information

Step 4 – Provide your feedback to the team

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What do you Envision?

Important: please base your suggestions on the findings in the State of the Lake Report as it represents the view of the overall community

• What do you want for your future generations?

• What should we stop doing?

• What should we start doing?• What should we continue

doing?Please use feedback form at the back

of the report

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We want to hear from you!

• How do you prefer to provide your input?– Group Setting

• Road association meeting• Focus group discussion meeting• Winter webinar or conference call

– 1-on-1• Phone discussion

• Fire side chat• In writing

Engagement via Facebook or email• Visit www.kashwakamak.ca for contact info

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Questions

Judy McIntyre - Finance & Liaison for the KLA

Sue MacGregor - Communications

Alyson Symon - Conservation

Scott Bennett - Sustainability Professional

Peter Burbidge - Cottager

Kevin Phillips - Owner, Fernleigh Lodge

Fred Perry - Deputy Mayor, North Frontenac

Darryl Simpson - Forestry/Wildlife Management

Joanne Fisher - Cottager