French River Delta Association 2022-2023 Executive

Email: frenchriverdeltaassociation@gmail.com

Chair Person: Pierre Blais

613-899-8925, blaispg@gmail.com

Treasurer: Shawn Garrett

416-735-1579, shawn.garrett@ca.ey.com

Secretary: Karen Brugger

416-554-3634, karen@matrixinc.ca

Hartley Bay Marina:  www.hartleybaymarina.com, 705-857-2038, hartleybaymarina@gmail.com

Smith Marine:  www.smithmarine.org, 705-857-2722

smith_marine@hotmail.com

Cedar Village & Marina: www.cedarvillagemarina.ca, 705-857-2522, info@cedarvillagemarina.ca

French River Lodge:  www.frenchriverlodge.com,  705-383-2801, info@frenchriverlodge.com

Bear’s Den Lodge:  www.bearsdenlodge.com, 705-857-2757,

bearsdenfishing@gmail.com

French River Provincial Park:  www.ontarioparks.ca/park/frenchriver

Municipality of Killarney: municipalityofkillarney.ca, 705-287-2424

Links and Contacts within the FRDA

Maintenance of Memorial Ridge site has been ongoing. Volunteers have acquired a second canoe for placement of plaques and are in the process of restoring it for its intended purpose.

The annual river clean up will take place on Saturday July 5th this yea. A "save the date" email has gone out to the membership. Further details will follow as the date draws near. The barbeque is open to all members regardless of their participation in the cleanup.

The annual general meeting is yet to be scheduled however, will likely take place in the month of August.

Volunteers and the executive are working on a list of items to engage the junior rangers in. These youth volunteers have been assisting us in maintaining the Delta through the Youth Rangers Stewardship Program over the years. More docks appear as abandoned this spring and as a new canoe is being planned for Memorial Ridge, it is anticipated that assistance will be required to erect the canoe on a cement base.

Last year the volunteers from the program along with the Delta Association volunteers worked on the board walk to Memorial Ridge, clearing debris from abandoned docks and eradicating phragmites along Hartley Bay Road.

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