Cookies help us to understand how you use our website so that we can provide you with the best experience when you are on our site. To find out more, read our privacy policy and cookie policy.
Manage Cookies
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies often store your settings for a website, such as your preferred language or location. This allows the site to present you with information customized to fit your needs. As per the GDPR law, companies need to get your explicit approval to collect your data. Some of these cookies are ‘strictly necessary’ to provide the basic functions of the website and can not be turned off, while others if present, have the option of being turned off. Learn more about our Privacy and Cookie policies. These can be managed also from our cookie policy page.
Strictly necessary cookies(always on):
Necessary for enabling core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. This cannot be turned off. e.g. Sign in, Language
Analytics cookies:
Analytical cookies help us to analyse user behaviour, mainly to see if the users are able to find and act on things that they are looking for. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. Tools used: Google Analytics
Social media cookies:
We use social media cookies from Facebook, Twitter and Google to run Widgets, Embed Videos, Posts, Comments and to fetch profile information.
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinEmail this link
Muskoka's residents and District Council care about water quality. This important topic impacts the environment, economy, and desirability of the District as both a place to call home and a destination. In an effort to enhance water quality and resident/visitor experience in Muskoka, the District is undertaking causation studies on lakes considered as vulnerable from a water quality perspective. One of these causation studies will be on Stewart Lake.
Stewart Lake experienced blue-green algae blooms in 2010 and 2011. This led to the lake being classified as vulnerable in Schedule E2 of the Muskoka Official Plan (MOP). As outlined in the MOP, when a lake is listed as vulnerable, a waterbody-wide causation study should be initiated to determine the causes and relative contributing factors which lead to the identified water quality indicator, as well as to produce recommendations and mitigative actions that can be taken by stakeholders, the District, and others to ensure water quality may be enhanced in the long-term.
To receive project updates and to stay informed of the outcomes of the Stewart Lake Causation Study Project, enter your email address in the "Stay Informed" tool (located at the top right-hand corner of this page on your desktop or scroll down on your mobile device) and click the subscribe button.
Muskoka's residents and District Council care about water quality. This important topic impacts the environment, economy, and desirability of the District as both a place to call home and a destination. In an effort to enhance water quality and resident/visitor experience in Muskoka, the District is undertaking causation studies on lakes considered as vulnerable from a water quality perspective. One of these causation studies will be on Stewart Lake.
Stewart Lake experienced blue-green algae blooms in 2010 and 2011. This led to the lake being classified as vulnerable in Schedule E2 of the Muskoka Official Plan (MOP). As outlined in the MOP, when a lake is listed as vulnerable, a waterbody-wide causation study should be initiated to determine the causes and relative contributing factors which lead to the identified water quality indicator, as well as to produce recommendations and mitigative actions that can be taken by stakeholders, the District, and others to ensure water quality may be enhanced in the long-term.
To receive project updates and to stay informed of the outcomes of the Stewart Lake Causation Study Project, enter your email address in the "Stay Informed" tool (located at the top right-hand corner of this page on your desktop or scroll down on your mobile device) and click the subscribe button.
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinEmail this link
19 Oct 2020
Good afternoon,
Further to our post on October 15th, 2020, please see the agenda link below providing further detail to the delay of the Stewart Lake Causation Study.
This report provides recommendation for the Stewart Lake Causation Study to be added to the bundled Request for Proposal (RFP) for 4 other causation studies to take place in Muskoka.
The staff report is to be considered by the Community and Planning Services Committee on October 22nd, 2020 and the meeting can be observed through the District's webcasting portal.
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinEmail this link
15 Oct 2020
Good afternoon,
Please be advised that due to unforeseen circumstances we will be rescheduling the first public stakeholder meeting for the Stewart Lake Causation Study (originally scheduled for October 29, 2020).
Further information will be provided when it becomes available.
Thanks for following the Stewart Lake Causation Study!
Stewart Lake Causation Study is currently at this stage
Request for Proposal are now closed. A consultant will be selected and announced in the coming weeks.
Consultant Selected
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
Project Start-Up Meeting
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
The project start-up meeting is scheduled to confirm the timeline and work plan for the project.
Consultation Plan Underway
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
Stakeholder Meeting #1
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
An initial stakeholder meeting will be taking place to communicate the purpose of the study to the public and to obtain information from the public that will help form the consultant's project plan.
Stakeholder Survey Open for Submissions
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
The stakeholder information survey has launched. The purpose of this survey is to collect information from stakeholder's which will help provide the consultant with information regarding the history of Stewart Lake with respect to algal blooms and lake uses.
Stakeholder Survey Now Closed
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
The stakeholder survey is no longer open for submissions.
Draft Report Submission
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
The consultant has prepared a draft report detailing the findings of the study.
Stakeholder Meeting #2
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
A second stakeholder meeting is scheduled which the consultant will present their draft findings to the public and collect any suggestions/comments that may result in changes to the report if necessary.
Final Report
this is an upcoming stage for Stewart Lake Causation Study
The final report documents the causes of algae blooms in Stewart Lake based on all available information, summarizes public consultation and includes recommendations for future action.