The Board of Directors of the LLPOA would like to acknowledge and thank all of the property owners who called, wrote and e-mailed the Municipality of Wentworth North, concerning their desire to change zoning for roadways. Due to the overwhelming response from constituents, the Municipality decided to maintain the existing by-laws, and no changes will be made to zoning. Thank you again for your continued support and for your concern for the health and safety of Lake Louisa.
Lawrence Irany
2021 “Virtual” Annual General Meeting
This year, in order to mitigate any risks to the health of our members, we have recorded a shortened version of our Annual General Meeting, which is now online and accessible through the link below. You will learn about the status of various projects, our financial report (which is posted below as well) and a very interesting summary on fishing and restocking fish in Lake Louisa.
We encourage questions and comments from you which can be easily posted onto our website through the Comments section below or more privately through the Contact Us section.
The Treasurer’s Report is also posted here for our membership.
The Commemorative Newsletter is here!
Here is the Commemorative newsletter highlighting all the changes that have taken place in the last few months.
2021 President’s Letter
Dear members,
I hope that this message finds you and your loved ones healthy and safe. It has been a year that none of us will soon forget. However, despite pandemic lockdowns and closures, the LLPOA has been active and involved, albeit remotely, ensuring that our environmental voices are heard, and our concerns addressed.
Great News: “The major concerns that galvanized our community and inspired civic action over a year ago have been addressed!”
Early in the new year the LLPOA was invited by our municipality of Wentworth to submit a summary of recommendations for by-law modifications. I am pleased to say that our feedback was taken into consideration, and the LLPOA supports the environmentally focused bylaw modifications (number), which received final approval from our Mayor and Wentworth Council June 7th, 2021.
The new bylaws offer increased environmental protection on all fronts, and the LLPOA will be highlighting these positive changes in our annual newsletter which you will receive in a few weeks. In the interim, I will take the opportunity to share the following key points:
- The new bylaws do not allow for large-scale developments to be built within our watershed,
- The new bylaws offer increased protections to maintain the “country” feel of our community, while providing for more consistent zoning surrounding Lake Louisa, and
- The possibility of golf, marinas, amusement parks and firing ranges have now been removed from the vast majority of Wentworth territory.
So please check out the upcoming newsletter to hear about the path the LLPOA has taken over the past six months. I am pleased to say that through our recent engagement with the municipality we have experienced an increased openness and spirit of collaboration, and we are on a better path, as we continue to strive to work together to protect our great lake. Therefore, while the focus of our newsletter will be on the bylaw modifications, we will also be sharing some good news about protections for Heron Pond, highlighting some of the ongoing work with environmental organizations and community associations that our directors have been involved with over the fall/winter months, and recognizing a significant new contribution to the protection and preservation of our natural resources and watershed, thanks to a forward-thinking initiative by our municipality.
Finally, I hope it goes without saying that we really miss seeing you all in person. We hope that this summer, we may begin to get together safely, perhaps outdoors and socially distanced. Since we will not likely be canvassing again this year, we would appreciate if you would renew your membership on-line or via regular mail, so we can continue our work to protect and support the environment of our beautiful lake community.
Tanis Trotman
President, LLPOA
Welcome to 2021
Dear LLPOA Members,
We hope this update finds you and your families well and safe during this seemingly endless pandemic. Despite all of the inherent obstacles, we have been working diligently to ensure our community continues to thrive and that our voices continue to be heard.
This year has provided us with many opportunities to contribute to the direction that our municipality Wentworth, the municipality of Wentworth North, as well as the MRC of Argenteuil are planning with respect to environmental protections and by-law changes. Board members of the LLPOA have either contributed to or assisted in meetings with officials and members of other lake and environmental organizations. We are encouraged by this new openness and spirit of collaboration.
Of particular interest is the fact that mid-January, the Township of Wentworth invited the LLPOA and other community organizations, to provide recommendations for by-law changes before the end of the month. View a summary of the LLPOA Board of Directors’ recommendations to the township posted on our website. Also, in response to two questions we submitted for the February 1 Council meeting, our Mayor confirmed that there will be a meeting/s with all community groups once our Councilors have had a chance to review the submissions. Again, this spirit of collaboration and openness is very encouraging.
LLPOA Board of Directors Updates
The LLPOA has also undergone some changes in the last several months. Our dedicated leader, Mary-Anne Armstrong, has, after 3 years, stepped down as President to focus on family responsibilities. We are eternally grateful to Mary-Anne for her courage and dedication in leading us through possibly the most difficult period in Lake Louisa’s history, as we combatted the development of a mega complex of hotels, golf course and then some.
Fortunate as we are, Tanis Trotman has graciously agreed to step up to the presidency from her role of vice-president. Tanis provides us with a wealth of expertise and resources and will lead us further towards our goal of ensuring our lake and rural community continues to thrive.
Subsequently, Isabel Rut has agreed to take on the role of vice-president, as well as maintaining her role as communications director.
Additionally, Karen Ott, who has been volunteering with the LLPOA to manage our website, has joined the LLPOA board as an interim director.
On behalf of the LLPOA board and our valuable members, we would like to congratulate and welcome those who have taken on their new roles.
We look forward to keeping you informed, and of course seeing you all in person before too long.
LLPOA Board of Directors
Newsletter/Bulletin 2021-01
Please click on the following to view a document summarizing the recommendations of the LLPOA in response to the Municipality of Wentworth on January 31st, 2021.
LLEPA Newsletter from 1985
Here is a copy of a newsletter written by Karl Wockner in 1985. Notice how the mission, vision and values of the formally LLEPA (now the LLPOA), are still exactly the same all these years later.
Check out the newsletter here
Birds of Lake Louisa
We invite you to read this interesting La Presse article on the subject of two proposals to invest in our water and sustain the development and the prosperity of our regions (available in French only)
We invite you to read this interesting La Presse article on the subject of two proposals to invest in our water and sustain the development and the prosperity of our regions (available in French only)
Freshwater Resources need Protecting
Quebec possesses 3% of the renewable freshwater on the planet, but this resource is not being well protected by the government, says the commissioner for sustainable development in a report unveiled Wednesday.
We invite you to read this from La Presse Plus article on the lack of government attention being paid to our freshwater resources. (available in French only).
2020 “Virtual” Annual General Meeting
This year, in order to mitigate any risks to the health of our members, we have recorded a shortened version of our Annual General Meeting, which is now online and accessible through the link below. You will learn about the status of various projects, our financial report (which is posted below as well) and a very interesting summary on fishing and restocking fish in Lake Louisa.
We encourage questions and comments from you which can be easily posted onto our website through the Comments section below or more privately through the Contact Us section.
The Treasurer’s Report is also posted here for our membership.
The minutes from this year’s AGM are also available for those interested.