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.

PaBIA Private Navigation Markers

PaBIA Private Navigation 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...

Speeding Boats and the BIG WAKE Problem

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

is Georgian Bay TOO BLUE?

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...