Shhhh  - The Silent Auction and Bake sale is back!  Corn Roast Weekend! August 26,2023

Once again, the Cottagers' Association's very popular silent auction is back!  This popular event has been an ongoing tradition for many years and the proceeds from donated items have gone to support many of your community larger initiatives as determined by you, its members.  If you would like to contribute items please get in contact with one of your association members and items can be dropped off at the Marina throughout the summer.  As always, the more items we have the better.  

HLSMR 2023 Photo Contest and Calendar

Due to the overwhelming success of last year’s photo contest, we are pleased to be continuing with this in 2023.  As with last year at the end of the year, we will be asking those who participated in the photo contest if we can use their submitted photos to produce our second annual calendar.  We sold out of calendars again this year up from 35 to 50!  As with everything we do, all proceeds go to your cottagers’ association.  The winner of the photo contest will get to choose a $50 gift card from the iTunes or Google Play store. Contest rules are outlined below:

Photos are accepted via Instagram, messenger on the HLSMR page and email, only.

Instagram Photos must be tagged and follow @hlsmrca on Instagram with hashtag #hlsmrphotocontest2023

Emailed photo entries must be emailed to info@hlsmr.org with subject line ‘HLSMR Photo Contest 2023’

Photo Contest will run from August 1st to September 7th, 2023.

Theme for 2023 is ‘Cottage Life – Wild Life of the Lake’

1.      Photos are to be of the Harris Lake and Magnetawan River area.

2.      In order to win, your cottage must be a paid-up member of the Cottagers’ Association.

3.      The executive team will hold a blind vote on their favorite photo and get in contact with the creator to determine prize selection.

4.      Photos must:

a)      Be appropriate for public display

b)      Not endanger yourself, any person, or wildlife

HLSMR 2023 annual Meeting

Cottagers association annual meeting. It will be held on August 6, at 10:30 am. Following the roads board meeting at 10am. It will be held in the marina shop. Generously provide by Walter and Renata & sons. Thank you so much.

Your nonfiction stories on cottaging!

At the 2022 cottage association meeting this month, discussion came around to the fascinating stories of cottage life and the old stories.

To tempt you to write here are some history ideas that you might not know, but will want to read about:

• How guests first came to the area by the CNR train

• When and how logging was done in the area

• How did Harris Lake get its name?

• A who dunit mystery of murder in 1953?

• Fires in 1989?

• Bear, fish, nature stories

  For your story it is great to include your cottage number if talking about when cottage was built, family history, full names, dates of event and other details.

A good story has character, setting, theme, plot, and conflict.

Put on your storytelling hat and tell us how you came to the area. If you have old stories from past association newsletters, or other resources please provide citation on who and where it came from. If you have resources that can be shared and then returned, please get in touch.

Not all stories will be included. Please make sure they are short and include as many details as possible.

Send stories to info@hlsmr.org

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