Established in 1968 for the Preservation of Williams Lake
Build Nova Scotia has issued the following public service announcement regarding preliminary assessment work that will be taking place in the area of the dam. Equipment necessary for this work will be accessing the area by the Shaw Wilderness Park trail beginning this month.
Nova Scotians are invited to help shape the approach for protecting 20 percent of the province’s land and water by 2030.
An online public consultation started August 23, at the province’s Collaborative Protected Areas Strategy Engagement page.
The input will be used to develop the Nova Scotia Collaborative Protected Areas Strategy, which will outline how the Province will achieve its 2030 land and water conservation goals and identify next steps.
A camp fire was sighted in the Shaw Wilderness Park by residents of Williams Lake the evening of July 31.
Fire Fighters could not reach the camp site and could not verify if the fire had been extinguished properly.
A potential blue-green algae bloom had been reported at the dam end of Williams Lake. Not surprisingly, the water level in Williams Lake has risen 40 cm since Friday morning and is now 22 cm above the top of the dam and may still be rising. Lawson Creek has overflowed its banks but the path into the dam was still above the level of the overflow water this morning.
Happy Canada Day!