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Drone view of Lower Beverley Lake

About the LBLA

Rooted in the heart of Delta, Ontario, the LBLA is a passionate group of volunteers and neighbours united by a shared love for Lower Beverley Lake. We believe our waters are more than just a resource, they are a legacy.

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By monitoring water health, leading stewardship projects, and providing a warm community forum, we work to ensure that the lake’s pristine character remains for generations to come.

LBLA Banner at annual picnic
Marble Rock September 1928

LBLA History

During the year of 1932, a few of the lake folk became aware of a need for some kind of an organization which would bring pressure to bear upon the government to come to our aid in dealing with the wholesale slaughter of pike in our marshes during the spawning season, and also to put a stop to the illegal netting of bass, and to make application for the restocking of the lake with bass fingerlings. In addition to the above requests, to ask the government to build a holding dam at Lyndhurst to assure a respectable level during the camping season.

What We Do

Care of the Lake

  1. The LBLA puts out shoal markers every spring, and takes them in and maintains them every fall. It is done on a caveat boater basis: we try hard to mark known hazards but no legal or moral guarantee is offered as to their accuracy or permanence and as always, anyone boating in unfamiliar or even familiar waters should take proper care;

  2. It places, maintains, repairs and updates signs at all significant entry points to the lake asking residents and visitors to respect their own safety and that of others, keep the lake clean, and help protect local wildlife and habitat including by limiting boat wakes;

  3. It places, maintains, repairs and updates receptacles for used fishing line at all significant entry points to the lake and empties them;

  4. It places, maintains, repairs and updates nesting platforms for loons at various points in the lake;

  5. It samples water quality and works to mitigate any detected problems;

  6. It encourages the placing of some land into habitat-preservation trusts so excessive development does not damage the lake;

  7. It maintains contact with other Lake Associations, exchanges information and where desirable acts in concert with them on matters of shared concern; and

  8. It identifies and seeks to address new lake quality and lake use issues as they arise and existing ones if they become more pressing.

Care of the Community

  1. The LBLA welcomes new members of the community including through a “Road Champions” program where volunteers take responsibility for various roads (and water-access properties) and contacts new residents with a gift bag including information about the lake and the Association;

  2. It maintains a website providing contact information, information about the lake and its history, current conditions (including issues like algae blooms and when the ice is out in spring) and items of possible interest including stray docks deposited on foreign shores by the ice;

  3. It keeps track of property sales to facilitate welcoming and recruiting new residents and to observe trends including the impact of development on habitat, water quality and ambiance;

  4. It organizes events, most notably an annual picnic and barbecue at Kendrick Park;

  5. It provides an annual bursary, and now two, for promising high school graduates aiming at a career related to environmental stewardship broadly conceived;

  6. It publishes and updates documents pertaining to the history of the lake;

  7. It informs and advocates for cottagers in the face of government actions that may diminish use and enjoyment of property in disproportionate or arbitrary ways, including intrusive inspections, boat licence issues, renovation regulations etc.

Care of the Association

  1. The LBLA holds regular Board meetings, including reviewing Association finances;

  2. It holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM), usually in July, to ensure proper governance and legitimacy of the Association, including electing officers of the Association for the coming year (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary) and other board members, and to communicate with and reach out to the community including bringing in speakers to address matters such as invasive species and regulation;

  3. It raises money to support its activities, through membership fees and grant applications;

  4. It maintains and reviews its fundamental documents including its Constitution and Bylaws and, where necessary, proposes amendments to its members at the AGM;

  5. It maintains an up-to-date membership list. (It is the responsibility of the President of the Association to maintain this and all other lists properly, share them as appropriate, and pass them on to the next President in good order.)

  6. It coordinates the activity of volunteers (whether board members or not) in regard to its functions under Part I and Part II, including maintaining proper lists of what needs to be done and when and who has taken on that responsibility;

  7. It maintains maps of the lake tracking those activities;

  8. It ensures its viability by recruiting new members, volunteers and board members and by taking proper care of relations with existing members and volunteers.

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