Talk:Lake Nipissing Wiki

Hi everyone - this is David & Susan MacKay, 510 Lake Road, hoping to generate some solutions to help save our lake!

Lake Nipissing is the 5th largest lake in Ontario with a proud tradition of fishing,(commercial & sport), swimming, boating, living and enjoying the area. I've been on this lake off and on since I was about 5 years old (yeah, over half a century!) and I've seen it change quite a bit - not always for the best. But this year it has really come home that folks will not be enjoying the next decade on this lake if we don't learn how to manage it better - and time is running out.

Feel free to use this spot or any place on this Wiki to generate your stories, concerns and possible solutions.

There are a lot of us out there with many connections - I hope we will use them to slow down the degrading of this lake - I'd really like to keep swimming and fishing in the future!

Susan MacKay 00:13, September 16, 2010 (UTC)

Volunteers
Dr.Bill Nuttley has kindly volunteered to help our group. You can look over his site www.frenchriverwater.ca

He has been lobbying our municipal council for upgrades to the sewage lagoon among other things.

Linda Duff 14:14, October 15, 2010 (UTC)Linda D

Thank you so much Linda for facilitating this contact - Bill will be a huge support for us moving forward - its truly amazing what can be done when lots of people get together!!

Susan MacKay 23:31, October 15, 2010 (UTC)

Ice Fishing
I am a seasonal cottager on the West Arm. We purchased our property in 2003. Occasionally we visit in the winter and it is beautiful. We did notice many ice huts on the lake and I think it's wonderful that people are able to have such a wonderful winter sport. Now comes the "however". We took a rowboat out just as the ice was breaking up that first year we were on the lake. We picked up discarded partially burnt firewood, beer bottles, cigarette butts, and other odds and ends. So, how can we continue to enjoy the winter activities in a more environmentally friendly way? The bottom line is....what stays on the ice will end up in the water.

Nancy Kennedy 01:13, February 1, 2011 (UTC)Nancy Kennedy