During the year, SDLCA leads many programs to keep our community up-to-date on what's happening in and around our Lake. All of these initiatives need your support. Become a member and get involved today!
Your volunteers are our public relations representatives - connecting with residents during the summer months, welcoming new residents to our lake and providing a neighbourly link between the association and the population it serves.
Yearly, we organize various social events such as a Concert on the Lake, our Youth Lake Race & Canoe Race and Barbecue on the August Civic holiday weekend. Along with a yearly Photo Contest. Each event is an opportunity to meet other Salerno Lake Cottagers and create synergy and strengthen our lake community.
In addition, each year the association hosts a workshop to help facilitate networking among our community and provide educational opportunities to enable our lake residents to reduce their impacts on the lake environment.
Yearly, we organize various social events such as a Concert on the Lake, our Youth Lake Race & Canoe Race and Barbecue on the August Civic holiday weekend. Along with a yearly Photo Contest. Each event is an opportunity to meet other Salerno Lake Cottagers and create synergy and strengthen our lake community.
In addition, each year the association hosts a workshop to help facilitate networking among our community and provide educational opportunities to enable our lake residents to reduce their impacts on the lake environment.
- 2013 Private Road Liability Workshop and A Lake Plan Study - Open House
- 2014 Salerno Lake "Lake Plan" Study Open House
- 2015 Shoreline Naturalization workshop, Invasive Species Awareness program, and Walk on Wild Side at Salerno.
- 2016 Cottage Succession seminar.
- 2017 and 2018 spring Dock Sale.
- 2018 Shock on the Dock and Island Restoration.
SDLCA Annual General Meeting invites everyone to be a part of the decision-making process. Our twice-yearly newsletter, Sentinel, is sent to all members. It provides Salerno Lake news updates and reports on special meetings, environmental, social and political matters that affect us all, as well as Township activities. Please check out the SDLCA website often, as new information is provided continuously. It's a place to read community news, learn about our lake history, pay membership dues and obtain details about our summer events. Community input and feedback are what make the Association and the website work!
Don’t forget to:
Don’t forget to:
- Like our Salerno Devil's Lake Cottagers' Association Facebook page to receive up-to-date news on topics that impact us as cottagers.
- Connect with our community page, Salerno Lake / Devil's Lake Cottagers Facebook page.
The association focuses on the larger issue of watershed health, such as degraded shorelines, storm water runoff, poor forest health and improper waste management. Yearly, we attend many meetings to keep in the loop and gain a better understanding of the elements that impact surrounding lakes. We aim to protect the environment that surrounds our wonderful Lake.
During the summer months, SDLCA and volunteers monitor our lake by collecting water samples for phosphorus and calcium, measuring Secchi disc depths, and recording temperatures about 1 metre below the surface to identify and address potential concerns.
During the summer months, SDLCA and volunteers monitor our lake by collecting water samples for phosphorus and calcium, measuring Secchi disc depths, and recording temperatures about 1 metre below the surface to identify and address potential concerns.
SDLCA represents members’ interests in the communities surrounding the lake: the Township of Minden Hills and Haliburton Highlands, and through the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association (FOCA). Experienced volunteers monitor the budget processes of municipal and regional governments to ensure our tax dollars are spent appropriately. In addition, we work with the townships to address members' concerns with the county roads that give us access to our properties.
