“Temagami Shoreline Clean-Up Challenge” 2025
Over the years, the amount of garbage floating in the water and sitting on the shorelines of lakes in the Temagami area has increased. Of particular concern are plastics, as they can take hundreds of years to break down. They may never do so entirely, but instead disintegrate into smaller and smaller pieces – which can have negative impacts on wildlife.
To help address this issue, the Temagami Lakes Association (TLA) is once again inviting anyone who resides on, or enjoys, Lake Temagami and other area lakes to participate in the “Temagami Shoreline Clean-Up Challenge”. From July 1 to August 31, 2025, we encourage year-round and seasonal residents, as well as visitors, to seek out and collect trash that is in the water or lying on mainland or island shorelines.
Prizes will be awarded at the end of the summer season in these categories:
(a) “Most Trash Collected”
(b) “Most-Unique Piece of Trash”
(c) “Oldest Piece of Trash”
(d) “Most-Useful Piece of Trash”
(e) “Largest Piece of Trash”
(f) “Children’s Entries”
Please dispose of all items appropriately, and e-mail a photo(s) of your trash-collection efforts to the TLA at tla@onlink.net by August 31st. Let’s help to keep Lake Temagami, and area lakes and shorelines, trash free!!
