
Sixteen Island Lake
Conservation Association








Environmental
Dos and Donts
Dos
Do leave the shoreline alone. Disturbing the first 18 inches both in the water and on
the shore is especially damaging to the ecosystem of the lake. This area contains the
highest concentration of life in and around the lake.
Do maintain your boat engines. Gas and oil do not simply evaporate away. Remember this
when you are filling your tank and bailing your boat.
Do maintain your sceptic system in good working order. The law states that cottage
systems must be emptied every four years and systems must be up to code contact the
municipal inspector for an evaluation of your system if you are unsure.
Do evaluate and remedy, if necessary, any sources of contamination stored on your
property. This includes rusted paint cans, old metal gas tanks and oil tanks and old piles
of shingles.
Do recycle your garbage. Drop it off at the recycling centre in Morin Heights (left at
the first lights, first right to municipal yards, left into the yards with recycling
containers).
Donts
- Dont wash, shave or brush your teeth in the lake (with biodegradable soap or
otherwise). All soap products fertilise the lake thereby promoting weed growth and oxygen
depletion.
- Dont discard any "grey" water into the lake be it dishwater, a
pail of dirty water from washing floors, soap water from ski harnesses, etc.
- Dont cut or pull out aquatic weeds. This promotes further growth as small bits of
will re-seed easily.
- Dont throw anything in the lake. This includes cigarette butts, leftover drinks in
bottles, food.
- Dont pee in or near the lake. Human urine contains the highest know source of
auxins, a powerful plant growth hormone (aside from the hygiene problem).
- Dont use surface fertilisers that will runoff into the lake when it rains.
The Benefits
- The value of our properties is maintained.
- The next generation will have all the benefits we had as we grew up.
- A sense of pride in helping to stop
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