MIDLAND—The International Joint Commission (IJC) may be intending to allow water levels in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay to drop by more than 1.25 metres (four feet) below current levels. Those levels are already at historically low levels, threatening shoreline wetlands, navigation and access of Island properties if the recommendations of a report by the Upper Great Lakes Study Board are adopted, according t ...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder EVANSVILLE—Ed Wright is lobbying the Burpee-Mills Township council in hopes it will consider its own motion to allow the use of side-by-side vehicles on town roads, similar to a motion recently passed by the Township of Prince and one currently up for consideration in the Sault Ste. Marie. And it appears council is listening. “We are looking at a motion bylaw to allow these type of ...

by Robin Burridge MANITOULIN—Central Manitoulin’s Ride Manitoulin has been named the number one motorcycle event in Ontario this summer by Northern Ontario Travel. Last summer was Ride Manitoulin’s inaugural event. Held at the Providence Bay fairgrounds, the event offered an array of activities and vendors such as poker runs, live music, Yamaha demos, Dynotunes tuning centre and a freestyle motocross demo. ...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder GORE BAY—The concept of a fish hatchery-cage pilot project has received a positive response from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). A productive meeting was held at the Gore Bay Legion on Monday, February 27, concerning the rearing of walleye for planting in Lake Kagawong. “It was a good, positive meeting,” stated Brian Riche, area manager with the MNR, after the meeting. He, ...

by Alicia McCutcheon WIKWEMIKONG—During a recent meeting with staff of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve land claims department, The Expositor learned that Manitoulin’s largest First Nations community was not informed of a recent visit to members of the United Chiefs and Councils of Mnidoo Mnising (UCCMM) by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). (Wikwemikong has not been a member of the UCCMM f ...

by Robin Burridge MANITOWANING—After months of work, phase one of the S.S. Norisle refit is almost complete. With assistance from the federal Job Creation Program (JCP), the S.S. Norisle Steamship Society Inc. was able to hire a group of workers last fall to clean the 60-year-old steam vessel. “Phase one involved the removal of all the piping systems, electrical system and fire extinguishing system,” explai ...

Perhaps our Manitoulin community can learn a lesson from the loss of nearly 100 percent of the Central Canadian elm tree population 40 years ago in light of current news about a pest set to savage the Island’s ash tree population. There is virtually no one under the age of 60 on Manitoulin, or anywhere else in Ontario, who has seen an elm tree in all of its majestic glory. True, there are some juvenile elm ...

It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Fred Marshall at the St. Joseph's General Hospital in Elliot Lake on October 14, 2011 at the age of 72. Loving husband of Sheila Marshall (nee Rumley) of Elliot Lake and father of Edward (Helen) of Sudbury, Catherine Murray (Matthew) of Sudbury and Matthew (Colleen) of Elliot Lake. Proud grandfather of Carol, Robert, Amanda, Ian, Joshua and Alex. Survived by ...

Henrietta McKerchie passed away on October 2, 2011. She was born on October 13, 1923 in West Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. Henrietta loved to play bingo and enjoyed camping and moose hunting with her brothers and son John. She had many relatives and friends on both sides of the border. She retired over 22 years ago from War Memorial Hospital's housekeeping department then worked for two summers p ...

To the Expositor: During July and August, the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board held a dozen public meetings in the United States and Canada, and received comments on the second and final phase of its study on Great Lakes water levels. The study is examining how the regulation plan for outflows from Lake Superior at Sault Ste. Marie might be improved, the benefits and costs of multi-lake regulatio ...