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Media Release - Township Launches Public Engagement Process to Update its Strategic Plan

MUSKOKA LAKES – The Township of Muskoka Lakes is pleased to announce that it is in the process of updating its strategic plan. The strategic plan is a guiding document that will support Council decision-making and staff activities to ensure that the Township is moving in the right direction. Other important plans and activities, including the Official Plan, are guided by the strategic plan.

Following a four-part workshop series held with Council this past summer, the Township is launching the public...

Committee Vacancies - Advisory Committees and Hall Boards - September 2020

NOTICE - COMMITTEE VACANCIES

 The Township of Muskoka Lakes invites applications from qualified persons to participate as members on the following Township Advisory Committees and Boards:

Community Centre Hall Boards

Heritage and Attainable Housing Committee

Parks and Trails Committee

This is an opportunity to contribute to your community. The appointment is until the end of the current term of Council, being November 14, 2022. Candidates must be at least 18 years old, a Canadian citizen, and...

Blue-green Algae Bloom Notice on Brandy Lake and Northwest end of Three Mile Lake Lifted

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has received test results from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) confirming that the blue-green algae bloom in July 2020 on Brandy Lake and August 2020 for the Northwest end of Three Mile Lake have dissipated. The public notice has been lifted. 

Please note that the blooms identified on the other areas of Three Mile Lake, Silver Lake and Weismiller Bay are still continuing. 

For more information...

October Planning Notices

Committee of Adjustment - October 13, 2020

A Committee of Adjustment meeting will be held on October 13, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., electronically from the Council Chambers, Municipal Offices, Port Carling, Ontario.

View the October 13, 2020 Committee of Adjustment Meeting Webcast. 

A link to participate in the Public Hearing at the October 13, 2020 Committee of Adjustment Meeting will be included in the Agenda. View Instructions for how to participate in Planning Public Meetings/Hearings.  

The...

Media Release - Township Accepting Applications for Second Intake of COVID-19 Community Relief Fund

MUSKOKA LAKES – As part of the municipality’s continuing efforts to support the community, the Township of Muskoka Lakes Council approved a COVID-19 Community Relief Fund Program at their meeting on July 15, 2020.

The Township reviewed a first intake of applications and distributed $24,000 in funding to six community organizations to assist with COVID-19 related needs. A second intake for applications is now open until November 13, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

“It is important that we continue to support our...