Alway important to start with something important. The Tim Hortons in Madoc is closed for a major renovation. I suspected it was coming as construction trailers and fencing had been accumulating in the parking lot recently.
A new addition to this website today. There is now "View 6" on the webcam page. Thank you to the owner of LL South Shore 165. It is pointed roughly north from where it is mounted.
One last beautiful day on Tuesday. Afternoon high of 75F with close to 100% sunshine and light winds. Celebrated the gorgeous afternoon with the last "docktails" of the year. The dock accessories are heading into winter storage today. Any precipitation associated with the overnight cold front did not fall here. Next chance for rain is Friday into Saturday, and then again on Monday. Pretty much a zero chance of us reaching 7 inches of rain in October to end the drought.
The lake has reached the lower theoretical level for fall drawdown, which is 313.00 meters above sea level. Today it is at 312.98. We have been dealing with lake levels that were lower than normal all summer. A combination of a leak under the log at the dam (which was fixed in early August) and the drought.
Please remember that we are still on summer burn rules. No daytime fires. The summer restrictions may be kept in place later than November 1 if drought conditions persist.
The October Limerick Council meeting is on the 27th (not the 20th) due to schedule conflicts with two of the councilors.
The OLT hearing regarding Limerick Estates has been postponed from Monday October 6th until an as yet undetermined date. The parties involved are looking at sometime in January. This is a 40-year tactic of the developer. Delay hearings for months, sometimes years, then blame the municipality for being obstructionist when the hearing finally happens. Been there, done that with these folks through the years. Our mayor pledges not to let them wear her (or Hastings County) down. Link to the hearing cancellation notice: (copy and paste it into your browser, this editor does not support hyperlinks)
https://lwra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/OLT-25-000357-Merit-Hearing-October-6-2025-Adjournment-1.pdf
Current status on boating access to Dixon Lake: A sub-committee of the Board of Directors of the LWRA had an in-person meeting with MNR staff in Bancroft on Tuesday September 23rd. Here is a link to a summary of the meeting:
https://lwra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MNR-meeting-sept-2025.pdf
The Rogers 5G tower on Sutton Rd. is operational. The Rogers / FOCA special pricing plan for internet service is $60 per month this year. (unless you have a Rogers phone in which case it remains $50 per month) Even at the $60 price it is the best internet service for us on the lake. It appears they throttle the 5G connection to 40MBps down, and 10MBps up. That is plenty of bandwidth for any single-family use. On a related subject, Bell seems to have improved their cell signal in the area as I can now make calls indoors. I used to have to sit on the front steps to make or receive voice calls. Now I am showing 4 bars of service indoors.
The dump is on Winter hours. It is open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays from 11AM to 4:30PM.
2026 fishing regulations are not yet posted. If things remain unchanged, lake trout season will open January 1. Bass season should open June 27, 2026 and close November 30. The Limerick chain of lakes has a "slot size" for lake trout that MUST be returned to the lake if caught. It is roughly 16 to 22 inches. It is also a "one line" lake when ice fishing. The Limerick chain of lakes are at the very south end of zone 15.
