Please consider signing the petition addressed to Temagami Municipal Council calling for reinstatement of a 24/7 waste-disposal service on Lake Temagami. Here is the link, which includes detailed background information: https://chng.it/rSQk9mgKQZ
Note that NO donations are required (just skip the donation request). Also, no other petitions need to be signed.
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Your name will be included on a paper copy of the petition that will be presented to Council.
Gift Basket from (with a shoal map, wall map, history book, cookbook) from the Temagami Lakes Association
Here are images of the prize-winning trash from each of the challenge categories:
1. Most Trash Collected (Mike, Abby, and Massey Drenth):
Mike, Abby, and Massey Drenth won a fishing rod from Gramp’s Place + 2 dozen worms from Charley’s Worms at Drifter’s General Store in the “Most Trash Collected” category. They collected 10 tires, a bumper strip, metal remains of a chain and barrel, plus random items, such as pop cans.
2. Most Unique Piece of Trash (Joan Seivold):
Joan Seivold won a gift basket from the Temagami Lakes Association (with a shoal map, wall map, history book, cookbook) in the “Most Unique Piece of Trash” category. What makes this item so unique is that Crane Lake Resort is located near Parry Sound – approximately 275 km south of where this sign was found!
3. Oldest Piece of Trash (Kristy Wilhelmsen):
Kristy Wilhelmsen won a $50.00 gift certificate from Loon Lodge and Adam’s Outfitting in the “Oldest Piece of Trash” category. This battery has definitely seen better days.
4. Most Useful Piece of Trash (Nicole Brooker):
Nicole Brooker won a full, 20-lb., BBQ propane cylinder from K & S Natural Gas and Propane Services in the “Most Useful Piece of Trash” category. Please contact the TLA if this jacket belongs to you.
5. Largest Piece of Trash (Rebekah Waddell):
Rebekah Waddell won a $100.00 gift card for a dinner for two at The Outfitter in the “Largest Piece of Trash” category. This abandoned houseboat has been tied to the shoreline of Temagami Island for at least two years. Efforts to find the owner have been unsuccessful, and it will not survive another winter. Rebekah has lobbied the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to remove the houseboat and has also offered her assistance in resolving this matter.
6. General Raffle Category (France Gingras):
France Gingras won a full, 20-lb., BBQ propane cylinder from K & S Natural Gas and Propane Services in the “General Raffle” category for trash collected. This boat bumper is one of the many items that France collected along the Lake Temagami shoreline and in the water.
N.B., Another participant, who we have not yet been able to contact, won the Adventure Planning Map from the Friends of Temagami in the General Raffle Category.
The “Lake Temagami Shoreline Clean-Up Challenge” 2023 went very well.
11 of the 45 entries were in the “Children’s” category. We very much appreciated the time and effort devoted to this challenge by these amazing young people. Cash prizes were awarded to all of the children who participated.
We would like to thank John Shymko, who generously contributed $250.00 cash to this end. ($50.00 was also provided by the TLA.)
Here is a peek at the prize winners, along with some of the trash they collected:
Seija Belanger retrieved a large plastic pipe from the water at the Temagami Town docks.
Elliot Belanger used a magnet to collect numerous metal objects from the Lake.
Fiona and Heidi Healy cleaned up campsites in Kokoko Bay.
Misha S. collected several kayaks worth of trash from the bays near Island 725.
Maple Violet Moore collected several pieces of plastic near the shoreline of Garden Island.
Alexandra and Esme Smith collected Styrofoam along the Lake Temagami shoreline.
The many items collected by Alexandra and Esme are laid out on a dock.
This is some of the trash collected by Rebeccah Bancroft, while swimming at the Sharp Rock north entrance.
Please note that the submission deadline for the Fall 2023 edition of the Temagami Times is Friday, September 15th.
Articles are typically 500 to 700 words in length and should be in Word format.
Any photos/tables/graphs must be high-resolution PDF, TIFF, or JPEG images – with a minimum of 200 dpi (dots per inch) at 100%. Typically, this means a file size of at least 1,000 kb for photos. Also, please send images as separate attachments (i.e., not imbedded in articles or e-mails), and include a title and photographer/source for each image.
Feel free to contact me at tla@onlink.net if you have any questions.
Linda Bangay, OCT
Temagami Lakes Association Administrative Coordinator
