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June 24, 2015

Boat launch: your application for the code by e-mail

The Association of Lake St. François-Xavier has been delegated control of the use of the boat ramp, at Newaygo. The padlock of the chain which bars the entrance to the ramp opens with a combination that is changed periodically.
Please answer the small questionnaire that follows and send us your answers if you need to get this temporary code for your personal use or that of your visitors. You may expect a quick reply.
Questionnaire:
1.                Has your boat visited another watercourse prior to coming in Lake Saint-François-Xavier? If yes, which? 
2.                What type of boat is it?
3.                Are you a resident of the Lake?
4.                If you answered yes to question 1, what preparation of your boat have you conducted since you left the other watercourse?  [Please note that municipal regulations require that the boat be washed appropriately.] 
5.                At what date do you plan using the ramp (the code changes regularly)?
6.                Where will you park your vehicle and your trailer during your stay at the Lake? [Please also note that the parking at the marina is private and all spaces have been assigned.  Parking on the Aerobic Corridor and on Chemin Newaygo is illegal]
The municipal authorities have installed barriers to limit the access of vehicles to the Aerobic Corridor, and thus to the boat ramp. Their control of the automated barrier has nothing to do with our control of the boat ramp.

Requirements of the Association and procedure to be followed
            The threat of invasive plants, such as the Eurasian Watermilfoil having infested some nearby lakes, requires us strict precautionary measures.
                Has your boat been put in any water other than our lake?
                If it has, have you undertaken to examine all parts of the boat that might come in contact with the water (hull, motor (including cooling water intake), live well, oars, anchor rope, mooring rope, etc.)) and cleaned and washed any debris/dirt/mud/etc. that you have found before bringing it to the lake?
                Do you have legal parking for your boat and trailer?
                Don't forget to replace the chain and padlock when finished with the ramp.
                The code is private and these measures are to ensure that our lake remains free of invasive species of plant or organisms. Please do not share it with others.
                Roughly when do you plan to put your boat in (so that we give you the right combination as it may change during the season).
                Are you aware of the municipal sign at Newaygo on washing boats before they are launched?

Procedure : https://twitter.com/MDDELCC/status/458969930613161984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMS4ikifalI (Lake Louisa)

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/boatdisinfect.pdf 

The Lake Saint-François-Xavier Association  (2015-17):

NOËL, Raymond, Pres.        (450) 226-7820,      1927 rue Mount
DAIGNEAULT, Normand                    226-8822            rue Mount
HORAN, Colleen                                      226-3214,      589 chemin de Newaygo
WELSH, Susan                            226-6015      1027 rue du Chemin de Fer                       
WOODS, Shelagh Jane                                226-6015      1361 rue Mount

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Releases (All)

1December 10, 2014

Barriers on the Chemin de fer

Many members of the Lake Association have received a letter from the MRC des Pays-d'en-Haut in November concerning the use of the Aerobic Corridor.  The Executive of the Lake Association has been following this closely with the MRC as well as with the Municipality.

Although this is a matter between the Ministry of Transport and those using the Aerobic Corridor, we have been following the file to ensure that issues of control of lake access are given a priority in any plans that are implemented. We have intervened in the file in the following ways:
·                we tried to ensure that any additional parking for access to the beach be on the East side of Rue Principal to make access by canoes at the beach more difficult (we were NOT successful)
·                the camera at the barrier at Newaygo to monitor the barrier will also monitor the parking lot and the boat access ramp
·                the barrier will be located so as to permit vehicles with trailers to back down the boat launch ramp
·                the barrier will remove four parking spots but the municipality has ensured that they will be replaced
·                the garbage and recycling bins will be relocated to be inside the barrier
·                the initial mailing went to the people known to be on Chemin de fer (those affected by the closure of the aerobic corridor along the Montfort end of the lake) and on Rue Mount (those on the Newaygo end without road access)
·                we have ensured that those in other areas that need access to the boat launch ramp can also have codes (the executive of the Lake Association is currently putting in place a policy regarding who has access)

The Lake Association would also like to note that the reduction of traffic on the Aerobic Corridor could reduce pollution getting into the lake and reduce the points of access for uncontrolled launching of small water craft, both of which are priorities of the Lake Association as accepted by its membership.

If any recipient of the November letter from the MRC has specific questions, they should be addressed to the General Manager of the MRC - his address and telephone number are on the letterhead of his letter and his e-mail address can be obtained from their website.

We will provide additional information on this and other issues affecting the membership as it becomes available.

Raymond Noël Vice President and Director - Lake Access Portfolio Association du lac Saint François Xavier                

Reports (M)

We must remember that the max speed around the lake in the first 30 meters is 10 KM. Outside of this 30 meter zone, the max speed allowed is 40 KM unless you are in one of the three slow zones and your max speed is still restricted to 10 KM max. The 40 KM restriction is lifted during the 2 allowed time periods for nautical activities (ex water ski). Again, you are only allowed to water ski on the Newaygo side of the 1ake and on a small portion on the Montfort side before the beach. The beach will have 2 rows of small blue buoys to tell boaters to stay away; the beach is in a 10 KM max zone. Again, the 3 slow zones (10 KM max) are:
From the Pavilion till after the beach.
Between Blueberry point and the trestle on Chemin de Fer.
Between the island on the Newaygo side to the end of the lake.
The zones will have big signs telling you that you are entering or leaving the 10KM zones and should be easy to spot. We will put the buoys and signs were they are needed and will try to avoid putting them in harm's way; the last thing we want is for a boater to hit our markers and injure himself or damage his boat. The big sign (4 X 8) indicating the bylaws will be posted at the Newaygo marina. The municipality should have flyers printed with the new bylaws and the position of the markers on the lake.
It is up to all of us boaters and non boaters to use good judgment, follow the rules, have proper running lights at night and use common sense on the water. These bylaws have been put in place because the people have asked for them, fought to have them approved and used municipal taxes (our taxes) to buy the material needed to promote them and make enforcement easier. One last reminder, as of September 15th 2009, you must have a "pleasure craft: operator's card" to use a motorized craft: on our lake.
                                                                                                André Soucy (Current municipal councillor)

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Here are some safety advices from the Lifesaving Society*; ...and don't forget to protect your eyes with sun glasses! Follow this link: http://www.lifesaving.ca/main.php?lang=english&cat=watersafety&sub=fishing

*Incorporated in Ontario under the name «The Royal Life Saving Society Canada»

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