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Remembrance Day Service 

A Remembrance Day Service will be held on November 11 at the Carling Community Centre. The service will start at 10:45 a.m., and light refreshments will be served after the ceremony. ...

Join the West Parry Sound OPP Detachment Board 

As of April 1, 2024, new Detachment Boards are being established across Ontario. A 12-member Board is being established for the West Parry Sound Area. What’s Happening? The West Parry Sound OPP Detachment serves Carling Township, Henvey Inlet First Nation, Municipality of McDougall, McKellar Township, ...

Bayscapes Fall Fundraiser

  Get ready for BAYSCAPES! Our fall fundraiser, Bayscapes, will be back at Toronto's Wychwood Barns on November 22nd. Join us for an evening celebrating Georgian Bay with art, entertainment, and friends old and new. And once again, you’ll be able to bid on the amazing paintings, photographs, ...

Floating Cottages

The Township has received complaints and listened to concerns regarding the floating cottages, also known as “Vessels,” in our area. Carling is not alone with these issues, as they occur in many areas of the province. Unfortunately, these matters fall outside municipal jurisdiction, with enforcement ...

Thanksgiving Weekend Waste Site Hours 

Please be aware that the waste site hours this weekend are different form the regularly scheduled hours. We are keeping at least one site open each day. On Saturday both sites will be open from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. On Sunday the Killbear site will be open from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and the Carling site ...

Shorelines: Fall 2024 Newsletter



Read the Fall issue of Shorelines here.

Nominate Your Champion of the Bay

Help GBA celebrate and inspire environmental stewardship in our communities. Nominations are open for GBA’s inaugural Champion of the Bay Award. This award will recognize our outstanding community members who actively steward Georgian Bay and promote environmental well-being. We want to recognize ...

FOCA Fall Seminar: Healthy Shorelines

Register now - Saturday, November 9, 2024 from 9 am-noon by Zoom webinar - Join FOCA for a digital seminar about shoreline health. Our expert speakers include: septic system re-inspections by Paisley McDowell of EnVision Consultants shoreline naturalization resources and algae information by Robert ...

Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Today is the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Before it was a federal statutory holiday, Sept. 30 was known as Orange Shirt Day. For non-Indigenous people, it’s a day for learning about and reckoning with the ongoing trauma inflicted by the residential school system; for Indigenous ...

Fire Danger Rating: HIGH

The Fire Danger Rating has moved to HIGH. Only campfires for food and warmth will be permitted at this time. All burn permits, fireworks permits and incinerator permits have been cancelled. ...