I am so pleased to warmly welcome our members to another unforgettable summer on Big Basswood Lake, filled with the joy of reconnecting with family, friends, and neighbors. As our local members are fully aware, the Big Basswood Lakewatershed area had an impressively snow-filled winter this year, and lake temperatures remained quite low until

The Big Basswood Lake Association Board is committed to representing the interests andpriorities of our members, and we need your input. To help us better understand who our members are, what you value most about Big Basswood Lake, and where you believe the Association should focus its efforts, we are conducting a membership survey. Your

Huron Shores is currently undertaking a revision of the municipal official plan and the corresponding comprehensive zoning by law. A public consultation period on the draft language for the comprehensive zoning by law was in effect lasts ummer, culminating in a request for written feedback no later than September 30, 2025. The lake association

Following is a link to a series of articles from Forest and Stream magazine (1893) which detail a foray made the prior year by a group of American sportsmen from several mid-western states, to what was then the very remote location of Big Basswood Lake east of Thessalon.

As reported in our last 2 newsletters, members of our lake community participated in the provincially sponsored Water Rangers Program in 2024. Specifically, testing was done last year by Bobby Swain in the east basin and Paul and Tania Hazlett in the West Basin. Last winter, Dr Ho-Tossane of the Nordik Institute contacted the Environmental Services Committee of Huron Shores about a project that she was initiating to collect do fresh water sampling along the North Shore.

t was another unforgettable summer on Big Basswood Lake this year and a joy to reunite with family, friends and neighbors. Highlights for me included visits from several friends who had never been to Big Basswood and were astounded by the natural beauty of our pristine shared natural resource.

Huron Shores is currently undertaking a revision of the municipal official plan. A public consultation period was in effect this summer, culminating in a request for written feedback no later than September 30, 2025.

This year's Big Basswood Lake Association Annual General Meeting was held at the Sowerby Round Barn on Thursday, July 17. Those attending were presented with a wide range of topics and issues relevant to Basswood Lake residents.

This was an unusual year in terms of water levels on Big Basswood Lake. The spring and early summer was quite wet with average to above average snowmelt and early summer rainfall.