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Kashwakamak Lake Sustainability
Planning Committee
Committee Update
Kashwakamak Lake Association AGM Meeting
July 13, 2013

2. • 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

9. • 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

10. 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

11. 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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12. Online Map with Historical Links
• Weiss Point history is an active link
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13. Weiss Point History
Weiss Point: The History, The Place, The People
A Personal View
Dave Bouttell
December 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,

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Lake Sustainability Planning Phases
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 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