Annual General Meeting - Saturday August 17 Mushroom Forays - August 18 & 31
See details below
Exploring the Lower Oxtongue, Silent Boat Rally July 27
The Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation invites you to attend
The Annual General Meeting of Members
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Baysville Autumn Leaves Seniors Centre 112 University Street, Baysville
Coffee 10:00 am, meeting 10:30 am, followed by lunch
The AGM features
a presentation by renowned local nature photographer Rob Stimpson, a Foundation video about the Garryowen community, and built heritage award presentations. These will be preceded by the annual business meeting which includes reports from the LBHF President and Treasurer, and election of Directors.
See below for details on Rob Stimpson and the Garryowen community. Lunch will follow the meeting.
Documents to review
The agenda and slate of directors to be elected, the minutes of last year's AGM, and our financial statements are available on our website.
Topic - Land Trusts, creating an emotional attachment to the land
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Based in Huntsville, Rob is a renowned professional photographer with a stunning portfolio that ranges from Algonquin Park to Antarctica. His talk is titled “Creating an emotional attachment to the land”. Rob will share his photos from some of the most beautiful places in the world and his thoughts about preserving natural land to protect its values and inspire stewardship everywhere.
Rob’s work is displayed in the visitor centres at the French River and Arrowhead
provincial parks as well as the Algonquin Art Centre. He teaches photography at Loyalist College, writes for northern tourism organizations, and maintains a photographic gallery in Huntsville.
Garryowen Community
Garryowen, near the narrows on the southeast shore of Lake of Bays, originated in the 1880s with a land grant to Charles Brown. In the early 1900s Shirley and Elizabeth Ball bought a block of that land. They established the Garryowen resort, “a camp in the woods” that offered hunting and fishing. Guests stayed at the lodge, in pagodas and in tents. By the time Shirley Ball passed away in 1938 much of the property had been divided into parcels and sold to family and friends. In 2013 Garryowen cottage was registered under the protection of the Ontario Heritage
Trust. This amazing 4.13 acre community is a time capsule of early Muskoka settlement.
A video will portray the community and four heritage cottage owners will receive commemorative plaques. (There will be no walking tour.)
We look forward to seeing you at the AGM!
The best time to see varieties of wild mushrooms mainly depends on seasonal rain levels. Mark McLean will lead two Mushroom Forays this summer:
Sunday August 18, on the Bondi Resort trails, Port Cunnington peninsula
Saturday August 31, on the Sherborne Lake trail south of Dorset
Start times will be 9:00am and we'll be done around noon.
Mushrooms come in all shapes, sizes and colours. We will try to find and identify as many species as possible. Sharp eyes will be needed to detect the specimens on the forest floor. This is a great opportunity to learn about mushrooms in general, and which kinds grow around Lake of Bays.
