Education Page
Boating Safety
Ann Doritty
Ann Doritty will tackle the important issue of Boat Safety. Last season she arranged boat safety lessons that had to be cancelled. She also wrote about some critical boat safety issues such as drinking and driving, “watch your wake” and right-of-way. This season Ann will continue with reminders and introduce some new rules from Transport Canada for boaters and property owners alike and if, allowed, boat safety courses.
Please Report Missing Markers
Navigation Markers in the Pointe au Baril area are maintained both by the Canadian Coast Guard and by the Pointe au Baril Islanders' Association. Most PaBIA markers will be identified as PRIV and they will have the PaBIA name and burgee on them. PaBIA still...
PaBIA Permanent Navigation Markers – Clearly Seen…a Proven Benefit
Testing of the new, permanent “Coast Guard Approved” larger markers over the past two years has proven to not just significantly improve marker visibility day and night on the water; but when properly installed, they’ve proven to be durable and stable in their...
Q & As From “5 Things You Can Be Fined For’ Article
Answered by Tom Lundy Original Article 1. What do you do if you can't find your Boating Licence [PCOC]? You will have to go to the course provider who issued it for a replacement. Go to the Transport Canada Website 2. What do you do if you can't find your boat...
Speeding Boats and the BIG WAKE Problem
by Ann Doritty, Member of the Education Committee Speeding boats have become a major problem on all lakes. There is a group in Muskoka called “Safe Quiet Lakes” that has banded together to promote the value of S L O W Boating. They are asking people to be...
Water Levels & Quality
Janet Irving
A thorough and competent writer, last season Janet produced articles for us on difficult topics such as Water Levels and Microplastics. This season her focus will be on PaB history and mystery! NEW this summer, Janet has organized with Parry Sound Books owner, Charlotte Stein, “Literally on the Bay.” Charlotte will briefly review a selection of fiction, non fiction and children’s books set in or focused on Georgian Bay each week of the season
What Impacts Our Water Levels, What Does The Future Bring, and What Can We Do About It?
by Helen Bryce, Director of Education INTRODUCTION As a child growing up here every summer, I listened to my grandfather talk about the water levels. He described a 5 - 7 year cycle; and, as a child, I noticed the water level gradually rising each summer...
Water Levels as of 05/09/22
is Georgian Bay TOO BLUE?
Bear witness Have you noticed the numerous collected pieces of mainly blue dock foam (although it comes in other colours) floating along your shoreline? You’ll see it washed up into crevices, not only at your cottage but on the outer islands where you picnic. It is...
What’s Up (and Down) with Our Water Levels?
by Janet Irving, PaBIA Education Committee In the summer of 2013, just seven years ago, we were alarmed by extreme low water levels in Pointe au Baril---forcing us to build new dock ramps, avoid shoals we never noticed before, and take long detours to our cottages...
UPDATE ON LAKE SUPERIOR OUTFLOWS AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS
Trudy's Nature Byline
Trudy Irvine
With her own weekly nature byline all season, Trudy will amaze and charm you with her witty personal stories and observations of nature.
A Bountiful Summer Season
The summer of 2023 has brought a bumper crop of both blueberries and raspberries to the region. Longtime Sudbury blueberry vendor, Arthur Choquette, forecast a good harvest earlier in the season, noting that lots of moisture from a good winter snow cover and plentiful...
Mergansers Revisited
Photo of Merganser ‘Family’ taken by Linda Thurber It takes a village to raise a duckling, and sometimes moms just need a break. Photographer Linda Thurber spotted this brave merganser female warily traversing the waters west of Ojibway Bay with at least 27...
Getting in a Flap
Last week on Sagadawong Bay, Linda Thurber captured some amazing film footage of two loons engaging in a behaviour that not even any longtime residents in the area had witnessed before. These videos show one bird madly pursuing the other with the wings...
Nutty by Nature- The Red Squirrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HleGtR7SLgo Also a bit naughty by nature, this fluffy tailed rodent is the neighbour who demands attention. Able to devastate the interior of any cottage that they can gain access to faster than you can say Tamiasciurus...
Who’s Singing
Birds are on the brains of the Education Committee lately, with last week’s book review of “Woman, Watching” and this week’s recommendation for the Merlin Bird ID app. Designed for beginning and intermediate bird watchers, the app uses the date and location of...