It was like a giant umbrella was sitting over the area on Wednesday. Three rounds of thunderstorms passed by throughout the day, all of them missing here by just a few miles to the north or south. Lots of pics on social media of heavy rain and enough hail to turn the ground white just a few miles away. Thursday and Friday both have a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms once again. The gusty south-westerly wind on Wednesday is forecast to return both today and tomorrow. Saturday should be nice, but now they say the remnants of a gulf hurricane could reach here by late Sunday bringing rain late in the holiday weekend. Looks like Saturday will be the best day for cottage closing chores.
Limerick Townships own aero-space company, Nordspace, has its first low earth orbit satellite now circling the earth. It is mostly a test device that will experiment with some meteorology over the far north. Looking forward to following their progress over the coming months and years.
Virtually attended the 2026 ALTO corporate AGM on Wednesday afternoon. It was disappointingly vague on many subjects. It sounds like surveying and soils engineering are what the major activity is for now to determine the exact 60-meter-wide corridor. They also talked a great deal about collaboration with Via but were not clear on what that really meant. When asked about stations in smaller communities like Smiths Falls, Tweed, or Havelock, their answer was that would be part of the Via collaboration.
The list of candidates for the municipal election is posted on the municipal website. (limerick.ca) On-line voter registration is over, but the municipality has put voter verification back online. There was a social media post that voting is now open. That is incorrect. On-line voter verification is back. Advanced voting does not start until October 19th.
Here is a statement of position from incumbent mayor, Kim Carson:
https://lwra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/KC-position-letter.pdf
A statement from "Safe, Quiet Lakes" about the municipal election:
https://lwra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/safe-quiet-oct-26.pdf
The cottagers association, LWRA, is a registered 3rd party advertiser and as such can endorse and advertise for candidates of their choosing.
Dump is on winter hours through April 2027. 11AM to 4:30PM, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays. (fires/burning are still on summer restrictions through October 31)
There is an upcoming (October 28th) provincial webinar on the effects of road salt on the drinking water and waterways of Ontario. Follow this link to register:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f4fe38b2-f5ae-454e-8f16-b209c1c3501e@529e04ed-75bf-4e68-9ebb-f5a80df3c879?source=copyLinkOneEventsShareDialog
The 2026 fishing regulations are on-line.
https://lwra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-fishing-regulations-summary-en-2025-12-08.pdf
The fishing seasons and regulations for this area (zone 15) remain the same as recent years. They are on pages 104-114 of the regulations book. Bass started on June 27 and ends November 30. Trout started January 1 and ended September 30 with the slot size of 16 to 21 inches to be returned to the lake. It is a one-line lake for ice fishing.
