Spring on the Lake in Photos
Projects and outings on Big Rideau Lake this spring have yielded a few photos!
We welcome our members' submissions; if you have photos to share, please let us know at communications@bigrideaulakeassociation.com.
Passing of Jim Potter
We have learned the sad news of the passing of Jim Potter, a greatly loved member of the boating community. Click here for his obituary.
RVCA Launches Strategic Plan
A renewed vision for a thriving watershed will guide the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) during the coming years. The RVCA board of directors unveiled its new strategic plan at its board meeting held March 23. The plan builds upon the Conservation Authority’s past 50 years of success and will guide it towards a sustainable future.
RVCA Chair Lyle Pederson and General Manager Sommer Casgrain-Robertson are excited that the plan, entitled Conserving Our Watershed, Ensuring Our Future, charts a course to 2020. “We’ve worked hard to develop a set of strategies and plans that identify clear priorities for RVCA to undertake that are locally relevant,” said Chair Pederson. “These actions will benefit our local municipalities by protecting and restoring the value of our watershed.”
The RVCA’s renewed vision is for a thriving watershed with clean abundant water, natural shorelines, rich forests and wetlands, diverse habitat and sustainable land use that is valued and protected by all.
Four pillars guide program priorities to accomplish this vision:
- Develop and share watershed knowledge that advances decision making and leads to on-the-ground action
- Protect, restore and enhance watershed health and safeguard people and property from natural hazards
- Increase watershed awareness and appreciation and inspire action in others
- Operate a sustainable, well-managed, service-driven organization fueled by engaged employees
“All of our strategic priorities are also underpinned by five core values,” added General Manager Sommer Casgrain-Robertson. “Collaboration, balance, knowledge, integrity and excellence shape all that we do and how we do it as we serve the Rideau watershed and the people who live in it”.
This strategic plan is just one of several products that guide the ongoing work and conservation efforts of the RVCA. The 2016 RVCA Annual Report, 2017 Budget and Work Plan along with information sheets for each of our member municipalities show the past, present and future of Conservation Authority efforts.
To see the full strategic plan or any of these products, visit our website at www.rvca.ca (under “publications”) or call 1-800-267-3504 to have a copy mailed.
Honouring Doug Good's Legacy
Doug Good passed away on Friday March 10, 2017, as the result of a tragic accident on Big Rideau Lake.
Doug's obituary has now been published and his funeral arrangements have been made - http://scotlandfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/2879963/Good-Doug/obituary.php.
"Doug Good of Portland in his 70th year. Beloved husband of Chris Quattrocchi. Dear father of Frank (Debby) of Osgoode and Lisa at home. Dear brother of Frances (Barry) Ross of Toronto. Fondly remembered by grandchildren, Laena and Mason Good, as well as niece and nephew, Alison and Kevin Ross. Predeceased by his parents, Thelma and Chet Good.
The family will receive friends at the SCOTLAND FUNERAL HOME, 27 Main Street, Elgin on Sunday from 1-3 and 6-8. Memorial Service in Portland United Church on Monday morning at 11 o'clock. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations made to the Brockville Association of Community Living or the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family."
Doug Good was a lifelong and ardent supporter of the Rideau Lakes community. To honour Doug's life and his commitment to the Big Rideau Lake and surrounding community, the BRLA is in the process of creating a Good Family Memorial Reserve Fund. This fund will support our shoal markers program, something very near and dear to Doug's heart; we will provide more details about this fund next week.
We have truly lost a great friend.
Tragic Loss to Rideau Lakes community
To All BRLA Members and Friends
It is with sadness that we advise you that we lost two BRLA members this weekend, Doug Good and Mike Carty, in a tragic accident on Big Rideau Lake.
Doug and Mike’s passion for and commitment to their lake, community, friends and neighbours is surely a cornerstone of their continuing legacy.
We will follow up to give you final funeral arrangements when they become available.
We have lost two great friends.
Brian Hawkins, President
Westport in Bloom - Tree Sale Beginning Early
Message from "Westport in Bloom":
Hello cottagers! Just in case you’re starting to dream wistfully about spring and ways to make your piece of Heaven even more beautiful, we wanted to let you know that Westport in Bloom’s 11th annual tree sale is in full swing right now. Once again our non-profit volunteer organization is offering about 30 varieties of high-quality shade trees, fruit trees, and flowering trees and shrubs, up to or over 8 feet tall, and all at great prices. Most come with bare roots bagged in plastic, and so are exceptionally easy to carry and plant. As usual, the trees will be delivered in late April, the perfect time for planting. Check out our listings at westportinbloom.com under Trees, and contact jauer@kingston.net to place your order. Every tree you plant increases the beauty and value of your property and contributes to the health of our children’s environment, and every penny we earn is spent making Westport even more beautiful.