President's Message

Welcome to the Spring of 2026! As I write this – April 17 – winter is hanging on till the bitter

end. However, Mountain Lake and the Gull River watershed is flooding, and water levels

are still trending upward. Hopefully the persistent heavy rain will finally depart, and water

levels will begin to recede sooner rather than later. The lake ice has begun it’s retreat but

“ice out” status still appears days away. The good news is there are no mosquitos or black

flies around, which means Spring is still down the road somewhere!

I hope you enjoy this edition of the Spring newsletter – a few weeks earlier than it’s

traditional release. Please check for information on a number of things, including

upcoming lake events and this year’s municipal election. A must read is Jeanne Anthon’s

article on voting this year – “Yes it’s legal to Vote twice”!! Make a di erence by voting at the

cottage as well as at home.

Our volunteer newsletter editor has been requesting that the lake community send her

photos for use in the newsletter. So, we have decided to help her out – by having a photo

contest this year! Full details to follow shortly, but the winning photo submitted in each

category will win a prize and get recognition in a future newsletter and on our Facebook and

Instagram pages.

At last year’s AMM, we had a brief discussion about obtaining sponsorships from local

businesses. You will find a sponsorship page in this edition listing the first establishments

to sponsor the MLHPOI. If you know of a business that is interested in sponsoring MLHPOI,

In case you haven’t heard, Minden Hills will be resuming it’s septic re-inspection program

for properties that were not inspected when WSP engineering was doing this work. If your

system was not inspected at that time, you will be hearing from the municipality to set up

an appointment. It is important that all septic systems on the lake are inspected, as faulty

septics are the number one source of pollution in the lake. For more information on this

year’s program, please go to the Minden Hills website here.

That’s enough from me! As always, if you have any suggestions for new content, please let

me know at mountainlakehaliburton@gmail.com. I hope you all have a safe, happy,

relaxing, invigorating - insert your hopes and wishes here – summer! See you out there!

Cheers,

Mark Roszell

President MLHPOI

Mountain Lake