2018 Annual General Meeting

The 2018 AGM will be on Saturday, July 7, 2018 starting at 9:30 am at the Pineview Free Methodist Church (Hwy 41 and Skootamatta Lake Rd. (south end)). It's a great opportunity to keep up with happenings on the lake and to know what your association is doi…

Canada Day Parade Route

Ron Nowell will once again lead the Canada Day Boat Parade, Sunday July 1 at 11:00am. Boats will gather near the Kissman Cottage at the foot of the Narrows (Lower Lake end). Don't know where that is? There's a great story about it in the this year's Newsle…

Dock Repairs at Trail's End Boat Launch

It took some negotiating with Addington Highlands Township and we are pleased to report that work has now been completed on the much needed repairs to the dock at the Trail's End boat launch.

2017 AGM Minutes

Please find below the minutes from the 2017 SDRA AGM, held on July 8, 2017.  2017 AGM Minutes.pdf  

Land O' Lakes Garden Club Annual Plant Sale

Saturday, May 26 at 9 am until they are sold out! It all happens at the Barrie Community Hall, Cloyne. For more Garden Club information go to: www.landolakesgardenclub.com

Spring Dam Operations

Every Spring, Quinte Conservation places stop logs in the Skootamatta dam to control the water levels downstream. Early this spring, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry replaced the gantry system, which is used to lift the logs. On May 10th, Qu…

Newsletter & NAEC Fun Fair

Have you received your SDRA Newsletter yet? Mine arrived yesterday! What a great item to have on hand to kick off the Victoria Day weekend! The Newsletter team have outdone themselves again. Way to go!   The Trilliums are out in force again this year. Th…

CLOYNE FUN FAIR 5 - 8pm on Thursday May 17!

North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne is holding a Fun Fair to raise funds to replace a play structure.They need items for the silent auction.  Information is below:   NAEC (our local school located in Cloyne) is hosting our 2nd Annual Fun Fair from…

Great Canadian Skootamatta Ice Contest

We had hoped to post pictures as the ice was disappearing, but you go away for three days and a lot can happen! We had said that when the ice goes out it will likely go out in a hurry. We were right. When I got here today at 5:00pm my contest area was abou…

Skootamatta from 34,000 Feet

This view of the ice from 34,000 feet doesn’t fill me with a lot of pre-May 1st ice-out hope!