Oxtongue News
Articles for everyone interested in Oxtongue (Members & Boosters have additional articles in the Members & Boosters News)
Antibacterial Ban
Did you know that Triclosan is now one of the top 10 contaminants in American rivers and a noted chemical concern in the Great Lakes basin. Triclosan has been detected in drinking water, breast milk and household dust. 95% of triclosan in consumer products goes down...
Artists Day Festival
Come on out to the Artists Day Festival at the Oxtongue Lake Community Centre. Please see the attached brochure. Artists-Brochure-2014-OUTSIDE 8.5x11 FINAL
OPP Talks
On August 15th, the Province of Ontario announced a new billing model for the OPP's contracted police services. The new model will take effect on January 1st, 2015. Policing is often the largest single expenditure in municipal budgets; some cottage-country...
Marilyn Farber
My Mom-Marilyn Farber Picture an eighty something woman swimming to” the Point” and back with a beautiful smooth crawl. Now picture her having a quiet paddle by herself early in the morning. Lastly we see this woman walking with determination to the Shoe Tree and home...
Carolyn White Siegfried
CAROLYN WHITE SIEGFRIED It is with great sadness and heartsful of love that we say goodbye to Carolyn White Siegfried, who spent nearly a century of summer months at her beloved Chape Inn on Oxtongue Lake. She died peacefully at her home in Rochester NY on Mother's...
Burning of Timber Trail
Photo's taken of our fire department in action by residents of Oxtongue Lake, during the accidental burning of Timber Trail. It reminds us how lucky we are to have them on the lake.
Flooding 2013
Tuesday, April 22 ! SERIOUS FLOODING ! STATE OF EMERGENCY IN HUNTSVILLE AND BRACEBRIDGE Visit Bob and Jean Hilscher’s dynamic blog posts, for pictures and films: | OXTONGUE LAKE — THE SPRING FLOOD OF 2013 | | RAGGED FALLS UNDER MAJOR SPRING FLOODING | | HUNTSVILLE —...
Andrew Metcalfe’s 1200k Pink Portage raises > $50,000
Andrew's original goal was to raise $5,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Well, he raised $25,000 — which was matched by another $25,000 from Shopper's Drug Mart! Below, he is pictured in Windsor after completing his 1,200k portage on August 1. | READ ABOUT IT! | In...
2010 Oxtongue Lake Regatta
2010 OXTONGUE LAKE REGATTA A terrific combination of action shots and people portraits taken by Wilbur Blackman [maxgallery id="3542" size=1] _____________________________________________ OLRA Executive Vice-President Scott Hayden presents to John DiFrancesco, Owner...
2011 Oxtongue Lake Regatta
2011 Oxtongue Lake Regatta Lots of smiling people! Lots of action! Photographs by Wilbur Blackman [maxgallery id="4835" size=1] [maxgallery id="4958" size=1] If one of the slideshows gets stuck, click on its right arrow upon mouse-over....