Lake
Clear Conservancy
The
Lake Clear Conservancy is dedicated to the conservation of the
natural and cultural heritage of Lake Clear and its watershed
The
LCC is a non-profit, charitable conservation oriented land trust that since its creation in 2001?? has acquired ownership of 4
islands, initiated a land use agreement with the MNR to steward all
the crown islands, planted almost 1,000 trees on the islands, created
and maintained 7 camp sites on Blueberry, Hanes and Muddy Islands and
published a field guide on the flora and fauna of Green and Twin
islands.
The
LCC continues to look for new opportunities to enhance and illustrate the ecological
features of the lake and its watershed and in so doing will be
launching a Nature in Our Neighbourhood program that will
present a series of natural heritage newsletters on interesting natural features as well as occasional field workshops/excusions. The first workshop will be held on September ?? when local artist John Almstedt will go through the basics of field sketching at 79 Bald Rock Trail where Big Rock will
be the featured subject.
John
was mentored by Ralph Burton who in the 1950s and early
'60s often travelled to Lake Clear to paint the area with A.Y.
Jackson. John's following sketches illustrate the wide variety of
interesting local subject matter. The iconic "Big Rock" | Feather and Turner Islands | Little Lake Clear | Old growth forest (between Donahue Trail and Weiland Rd) |  Stone fences of the Opeongo Line | Twins Island viewed from Cherry Island | Bluebill Trail pond | Hurds Creek |
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