“We used to have a good relationship with the MNRF, but Paul Methner has now retired, and we have lost our connection,” said Mike Costigan, president of the LMAA.

“The point is, these subjects have been brought up for the past five years at our annual meetings and it had been agreed we need to form a committee to meet at the table with the MNRF, who are supposed to be taking care of the lake,” said Ms. Eddington. “We have very low water levels now and very high levels in the spring; because of this we have shoreline that is caving in, silt, not water, flowing to the river and there are very few fish around, with no canopies in the water or holes for fish to escape to.”

“Sorry if I’m emotionally charged on this issue but my family has had a huge presence in preserving the lake over the years. Something is very wrong with Lake Manitou. It’s sick,” stated Ms. Eddington. “The lake is sick and dying. Picnic Island is being destroyed. The water was up almost as high as the MTO bridge this spring and now it is very, very low, so fish can’t even swim through.”