A Message from the Chair re: Hunting

As in the past, Lake Anne Club has an agreement with hunters from the Famous Grouse Lodge and

the Browns (neighbours to the south) to allow them to hunt on parts of Lake Anne property. 

See the attached “No Hunting” map which shows the areas where they may hunt which is well away

from our cottages around the lake.

Note that the hunters have agreed to not hunt from the Friday–Monday of the long Thanksgiving 

weekend.

However, I encourage you still to take caution when walking in the woods at this time of the year as

there is always the chance that other hunters may trespass and try to hunt on our property.

 [Editor's suggestion: Wear bright colours, and carry a bell or raise your voice in song!]

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! - Stephanie

The Hunting seasons are as follows:

·       Deer using a bow, Sept 28 thru Oct 20*

·       Moose using a bow, Oct 5 thru Oct 11

·       Deer using a rifle, Nov 2 thru Nov 15

*excepting Thanksgiving weekend Oct 12 thru 14

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"Land Possessed" turns 50

From Land Possessed to Nature’s Victory

A conference by historian and playwright
Don Stewart
on the history of our region
through the eyes of Margaret Cook

Sunday, October 20, at 2 PM
at Strong Hall
1262 chemin de Mille-Isles
Mille-Isles, J0R 1A0

FREE !

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Margaret Cook’s novel of historical fiction Land Possessed.

Published by Giles Publishing in Lachute in 1969, the story takes place in 1869 and describes the lives of the Irish Pioneers of Argenteuil through a love story between Norah Kirby, a Protestant, and Dennis Neill, a Catholic. The book contains many accurate descriptions of the pioneer way of life: potash making, beer fermentation, chicken raising, a trip to Montreal, the Lachute Fair, etc. Even Fiddler Lake and Mille-Isles are mentioned in the book!  [...and Lake Anne -- ed.]

Margaret Cook (1897-1975) was a teacher at the Lachute Academy in the 1920s and wrote a monthly column for the Lachute Watchman between 1949 and the early 1970s titled Sunnyacres Sketches. She lived just north of Lake Barron. A play written by Don Stewart and based on her novel was performed in Morin Heights in 2005.