March 2025 Update
This winter has seen an incredible amount of snow fall at the lake. As the snow starts to melt it becomes heavy. We have received several reports of collapsed shed roofs and at least one cottage destroyed by the heavy snow. If you are worried about the snow load on your roof, it may be worthwhile to consult a professional about removing the snow. With warm weather in the forecast also be aware that we might see flooding this spring if the snow melts in a hurry.
Cottage Life Partnership
We are pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership with Cottage Life Magazine and they have extended several offerings for our members. If you are planning to attend the Spring Cottage Life Show on March 21 to 23rd, members can take advantage of a buy one, get one free ticket price, a $23 value. The first 50 members to send an email to info@sixmilelake.net will receive a promo code. For any additional tickets to the show you can use the discount code “SIXMILE25” for $3 off any additional tickets. These would have to be purchased separately from the buy one, get one free tickets.
Go to https://unitytickets.com/se/
Going forward, as you renew your membership this spring you will get 3 months free subscription to their magazine, a $30 value.
Township Zoning By-law Amendment Open House
The township will be holding a public open house to discuss potential general housekeeping amendments to their Zoning By-law application number Z24-15. This will take place in council chambers and online via Zoom. The date will be 5 p.m. on Friday April 4, 2025. Further to that a public meeting will be held at the same location and on Zoom on Tuesday May 6th, 2025 at 9 a.m. The purpose of the meetings will be to present a proposed Township-wide Housekeeping Zoning By-law Amendment which will clarify the entirety of the Zoning By-law by correcting errors, re-formatting tables and text, and improving consistency with policies. The effect of the proposed amendments to achieve AODA compliance, re-organize general provisions by waterfront community, be more user friendly, correct errors, and improve the usability of the Zoning By-Law until a comprehensive review and update takes place.
For more detailed information on this subject go to: https://georgianbay.civicweb.
Volunteers Needed!
At the expense of being somewhat repetitive, we are sending out another appeal because we have identified several initiatives in which we could use help:
- Board Member We have one seat open on our board. This is a great opportunity to be involved at the decision-making level on the business and activities that contribute to making our community such an awesome place. It’s also a great opportunity to get to know people on the lake. We usually meet once a month online for two hours.
- Communications Officer We’re looking for someone to create, coordinate and implement strategies for our communications activities which include ECHOES, eblasts and social media.
- Promotional Products Coordinator We’re looking for someone to manage our current promotional products and to source new ones.
- Bookkeeper Working with Rick Jocsak, this involves basic bookkeeping such as writing cheques, billing, bank deposits and preparation of materials for the independent statement reviewer. We don’t have a lot of transactions and this would take a few hours per month.
- Welcome Committee We have formed a new cottager visiting committee, so that new cottagers can be welcomed and brought up to speed with the many things that are going on at the lake. If you would like to help out, please let us know.
- Environment Committee We want to form a committee to focus on our environmental efforts and to coordinate articles, promotional materials and other information on subjects and services pertinent to Six Mile Lake. This is very important in maintaining the quality of our lake and in addition to volunteers sitting on this committee, we are looking for someone to chair this committee.
- Kid’s and Teen Connect We are reaching out to the community to see if someone is willing to restart the Connect programs to bring kids and teens together.
- Closer Ties with Road Associations We hope to establish a closer link with the road associations on the lake so that together we can more effectively support each other and serve the lake community. If you are on a road association, please reach out to us at info@sixmilelake.net so that we can get contact info on the secretary or president.
- Website Rebuild Committee We have been talking about rebuilding the website for several years and now that we have Wild Apricot up and running, we would like to rebuild and modernize our website. Anyone with an aptitude for website creation would be welcome to join our new committee.
Come join us. Together we can have fun building and supporting our lake community! Send inquiries to info@sixmilelake.net .
Charity Golf Tournament for the Food Bank
Although there was insufficient interest to continue our Six Mile Lake golf tournament, we know there are cottagers out there who would enjoy playing together. Here’s your chance!
In cooperation with our neighbouring cottage associations, we are participating in a charity golf tournament to benefit the food bank that will take place on Saturday May 10th at Seguin Valley Golf Course. The price is $150, which includes cart, BBQ chicken and rib dinner, and prizes. Ideally, we will be looking for three teams of four players to represent Six Mile Lake. We are also looking for prize donations to go into a silent auction. The deadline for registration is April 30th, 2025.
Registration can be done online here: Seguin Valley Golf Club 2025 Tournament Registration. Please ensure you select the correct event when registering: ‘Single Player Entry’ or ‘Team Entry’ for the All Associations Event – May 10.
If you are interested in helping us support this event, please contact Carolyn St. Louis at srapoinfo@gmail.com or Sean Hilditch at president@gibsonlake.net
Six Mile Lake Artist Tour
We are happy to announce that applications are open for the 9th annual Six Mile Lake Artist Tour! The tour will run on August 9 and 10th this year.
Applications will close on May 9th. Please visit the website or the google form directly to apply.
If you have any questions about the Tour, please reach out to me anytime. Can’t wait for another amazing Tour!
https://forms.gle/
2019 CWS Authorization.pdf