The Ursids meteor shower came and went with close to 100% cloud cover the entire time. Next up is the Lyrids Meteor Shower April 21 and 22. With a little luck some of us will be at the lake and able to take advantage of the dark sky.
We are now on winter burn rules. Fires are permitted 24/7. Some of the signs around the municipality have not been changed from "No Day Burning" so that can be confusing.
All of our local North Hastings trails have re-appeared on the OFSC ITG map. Unfortunately, the few in our area that had shown yellow (open) are now closed again after the Dec. 18-19 warm spell. The snow on the east side of our cottage that had been about 10 inches deep on the 17th is now barely covered in snow at all .
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 many of 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. I am coming up on the end of my 2nd full season using that service and would grade it an A-. If the service keeps working through power outages in the future I will up their grade to A+.
The dump is on Winter hours. It is open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays from 11AM to 4:30PM.
The 2026 fishing regulations were posted on-line on December 10. Copy and paste this URL into your browser to navigate to them:
https://lwra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-fishing-regulations-summary-en-2025-12-08.pdf
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The seasons and regulations for this area (zone 15) remain the same as 2025. Bass starts June 27 and ends November 30. Trout starts January 1 and ends 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.
