A Special Message from the President

Quarries in our Community

As a neighbour and a member of your BBLCA executive it is our responsibility to advise and protect the financial, emotional, environmental investment of the lake and our community for today and tomorrow.

Having said this…

  There are numerous quarries in our township and several new ones are currently in the application process. We continue to monitor the ongoing quarry applications and oppose them where we see fit. Our concerns are environmental protection and minimising the obvious adverse impact on the local community, including lakesiders. We do not oppose for the sake of opposing, but if quarries continue to mushroom without appropriate controls, our community will see considerable change – and it won't be pretty.

As an example, an extremely large new quarry is proposed for the East side of county road #36, stretching all the way from Philrick Drive to Flynn's Corners and up #507. We have serious concerns about this application but have been unsuccessful to date in having these concerns addressed. The township, the county and the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources have all approved the application and we have appealed it to the Ontario Municipal Board.

Unfortunately, this appeal process is expensive, so we have to look again to our members and friends for financial support. As you may know we have an "Environmental Protection Fund" earmarked for all environmental issues, including proposed quarrying in our community. All the work of our many volunteers is totally dedicated to protecting and enhancing life at Big Bald Lake , and we ask that you consider helping out our volunteers by making a donation to the Environmental Protection Fund.

You can use the membership form (on the Membership page) or simply drop a cheque in the mail with a note that it is a donation to the "Environmental Protection Fund", to:

Big Bald Lake Cottagers ' Association Inc.
R.R. #1
Buckhorn, Ontario
K0L 1J0

Again – we do not oppose any type of development for the mere sake of opposing. Our concern is to protect the environment and our lakeside lifestyle.

Please do what you can to help.

Thank you,

Gerry Wood, President