There were arguments heard to keep the road in place as a heritage road, because of its attractive location and lovely lakeshore views. The walking trail preserves the heritage access. From my point of view, the environmental benefits, the cost comparison and safety issues swayed the decision in favour of the realignment. Lake of Bays Association is on record as commending the Council s decision. The Restructuring exercise undertaken by the Ad Hoc committee has now wrapped up.
Information is still available on the web page.
Although the recommendation from the Committee and the direction from all the Ratepayers and Lake Associations favoured the Single Tier model, only Lake of Bays Township and Muskoka Lakes voted in favour of the Resolution. It has been an interesting experience, and certainly entailed taking a good close look at systems of governance and various models of service delivery. Nancy You can also access the Township of Lake of Bays web site directly from here, or through our Links . Both these photographs are from the Pentelow family album, and were taken in 1908. The wonderful sand beach along the Seabreeze shore.