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HAMILTON VOTES TO STOP URBAN SPRAWL – A LESSON FOR MUSKOKA?
A recent decision by the City of Hamilton to combat urban sprawl is food for thought in Muskoka. As reported in the national press, Hamilton City Council voted in November not to designate more farmland for housing over the next 30 years. The reasoning was that, for...
A mess in Muskoka!
We reported in Waves III that Friends of Muskoka and other concerned residents were successful at convincing the Township of Muskoka Lakes (TMO) Committee of the Whole to ask District to include the Resort Village of Minett in their comprehensive...
The Legacy Docks
Here is the Legacy Cottages waterfront on Lake Rosseau as it was in the summer of 2017 (notice the water depth in the foreground). Unfortunately, you can't see the weasel running back and forth across the shore, the many families of ducks nesting...
Legacy Cottages continues their assault on Lake Rosseau
Legacy Cottages has applied to build a series of docks and a boat house on their 470 feet of Lake Rosseau <file here>. If Legacy is allowed to build and use these docks as intended, everyone who cares about the water quality, the safety and...
Another decision against residential units on commercial resorts in Muskoka
The Township of Muskoka Committee of the Whole reached a unanimous decision on Feb 15th to defer the decision on the Site Plan application for Marriott’s expansion until the issues we identified (including septic and wastewater treatment, and fire...
OMB RULING ON MIST MAJOR WIN FOR MUSKOKA
Highlights include: Mist's request for appeal dismissal declined, District and Township have jurisdiction to enforce conformity to the official plans OMB rejects key Villas argument that rental pool conditions are beyond its jurisdiction OMB...
Minett. One of the major battlegrounds to Save Muskoka
This little bay on Lake Rosseau is turning out to be one of the major battlegrounds to Save Muskoka. Lakeside Lodge (Legacy Cottages), Clevelands House (Minett Village) and Marriott Red Leaves are planning to build thousands of residential...