Harris Lake Marina Corn Roast
/Hi Happy cottagers. The Harris lake Marina is holding their annual corn roast on August 27th 2022. Live music will be there. Its a great community social event. See you all there.
Harris Lake Marina Corn Roast and Fundraiser
The HLSMR Cottagers Association would first like to thank Walter, Renata and family for continuing the tradition of hosting the annual corn roast event. It continues to be a welcome social event every year, and an opportunity to connect with other cottagers. Once again, it was a big hit with every one who attended.
As well, it is an opportunity for the HLSMR Cottagers Association to raise funds at the event from an annual bake sale and auction. The funds raised provide much needed funds to support for ongoing initiatives that the association provides.
A special thank you goes out to the bakers and auction item providers who generously contribute their time and hard earned dollars to the event. A special shout out to the provider of the Michael Kors bag; it proved to be the hi-lite of the auction! As well, the bakers were especially busy this year, providing a great selection of treats. The bakesale raised over $500 and the auction raised over $1,100. Again, thank you to all who participated.
Hope to see everyone again next year!
Fire RATING has increased August 13.2025
Meeting Update
Just a quick update on the HLSMR cottages association meeting. There are some changes to the board members. Richard Walda has stepped down after 10 years as President. We would like to thank him for all his efforts, enthusiasm and contributions to the lake association. He has truly made a difference during his time as President.
The new elected president is Ben Edwards. Ben has been Vice President for some time. New to the board and filling the position of Vice President is Bruce Sunley. Bruce has been on the lake for 50+years, and helps out with the fire team. And a newly formed position to the board is the Fire Prevention Officer, Dave Chisholm. Dave has been involved with this fire team for sometime now, along with Monique Renault, who has been pivotal since the fire boat committee has started. Without her help, the program would not have taken off. The new position will be handling the management of the fire program. Remaining in their positions, Dan Walda- treasurer, Loren Mackay Loder- Environmental, Mark Mcdonell- Environmental, Linda Weylie- secretary.
More info to follow. We will have the minutes out shortly.Along with detailed financials.
Updates
From: Murphy, Bonnie (MTO) <Bonnie.Murphy@ontario.ca>
Sent: June 17, 2025 10:22 AM
To: Brian Mclellan
Subject: RE: HWY 69 rehabilitation
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
Hello Brian McLelland,
Thank you for your email regarding the rehabilitation of Highway 69 from 1.4 km north of Highway
559, northerly to 4.5 km north of Shebeshekong Road, including the Shawanaga River Bridge.
The contract for this highway improvement project was tendered in March of this year, and
construction is planned over the next two years, commencing this summer. Work under the project
includes the following:
• Resurfacing of Highway 69 for 20.0 km;
• Rehabilitation of the Shawanaga River Bridge;
• Treatment of pavement distress areas;
• Drainage improvements including culvert lining and replacements;
• Replacement/adjustment of select guide rail;
• Replacement of select static signs;
• New left turn lane for northbound traffic on Highway 69 at Woods Road;
• New left turn lane for northbound traffic on Highway 69 at Highway 7182 (Shebeshekong
Road); and
• New illumination at the intersection of Highway 7182 (Shebeshekong Road) and repositioned
to accommodate the new left turn lane
Should you require any additional information, please feel free to send me an email.
Again, thank you for your interest in the project.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Murphy, P. Eng.
Lead Engineer, Projects | Design and Engineering Branch
Ministry of Transportation | Ontario Public Service
Bonnie.Murphy@ontario.ca
Taking pride in strengthening Ontario, its places and its people
Fire Donations
We Did It!!
Thanks to the generous support of the Harris Lake & South Magnetawan River community, we have achieved our HLSMR Fire Committee fundraising goal of $8,000!
What an amazing community we have. A huge thank you to everyone who donated cash and/or materials to help us achieve this lofty goal. With your support we have taken a huge step towards ensuring the safety of our lake, our volunteer firefighters, and preventing another terrible loss like we saw this past summer.
If you are still thinking of donating, it is never too late and the need never ends. Visit the website for details (https://www.hlsmr.org/fire-fundraising)
We would also like to thank you for all your support throughout the year. The Harris lake community is truly something special to belong to.
Thank you all and have a wonderful holiday season.
The work for the dam has been completed. Water levels are stable. morinfo to come