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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.

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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

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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.  

Owls in the…Peacock Family?

by Trudy Irvine, Education Committee Barry Peacock and Elizabeth Anderson-Peacock and their grandchildren were able to take a few pages out of Farley Mowat’s Canadian classic Owls in the Family earlier this season by watching a nest of Great Horned Owl owlets on...

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons

Squadrons of dragonflies have appeared in the skies of Georgian Bay. The sky in the lee of the closest cedars looks like the busiest airfield imaginable, with masses of them hovering, zigzagging, climbing and diving as they feed and mate on the wing. Like sharks,...