WOW! THAT'S A BEAUTY!
Just another summer day fishing on Arbutus Lake. A couple of regular visitors to our lake pulled in this 35" pike on 3rd Lake! One of our board members happened to be there to witness the excitement and asked them to share their photo for our website.
I'm not sure the photos do it justice, this one was a whopper! And as the fine fishermen these men are, they enjoyed the time with the pike and released it back to the lake.
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Thank you Corey for sharing your catch with us!
BOARD MEETINGS
All meeting times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST) and held at East Bay Township Hall unless otherwise noted.
April 11, 2026
May 18, 2026
8:00am EBT
8:00am EBT
June 15, 2026
10:00am EBT
General Membership Meeting
July 20, 2026
8:00am EBT
Annual Member Potluck Breakfast
TBD
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8:00am EBT
Sept 21, 2026
NEWSLETTERS
Newsletters are produced three times per year (spring, summer, and fall) and are delivered via email to our members. We maintain a small list of members with no email address but will ask new members without email to look for the most current newsletters on our website.
CURRENT NEWSLETTER
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2026 Membership Dues
and MATCH MET!
A big thank you goes out to our donor of the $2500 match challenge.
We are happy to announce that the match was met and surpassed by our generous members and is now been added to the books. It's generous folks like these that help us care for our precious Arbutus Lake year after year.
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Our current fiscal year ends at the August potluck and we will begin collecting the membership dues for 2026. Dues are $75 per household and go toward managing invasive species, testing our water quality, signage, education, hosting our website, and other urgent expenses that might come up pertaining to the health of our lake and education and communication with our members.
If you have any questions or need to know where you stand as far as your dues, please reach out to our treasurer, Ron McCullick, and he will be happy to answer. You can reach him through ArbutusLakeAssoc@gmail.com or by filling in the form on the "Contact Us" page of our website.
Thank you for your continued support.
LIGHTS OUT FOR THE BIRDS!
It's that time of year again when the birds will begin their migration south to their winter homes. Experts say due to the cold snap in Canada and the north wind today, they expect to see the first larger waves of migration beginning tonight - August 24.
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Did you know that birds use the moon and the stars for migration? Birds are naturally drawn to light and artificial light can disorient them, increase the risk of collision, and throw them off course wasting valuable energy on long detours. The nocturnally migrating birds such as song birds, ducks, geese, and shorebirds are the most susceptible. Fall has an increased risk as many of the birds migrating are young and inexperienced.
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So when it's lights out for your humans at night, a good habit is also outside lights out for the birds! ​
Speaking of migration, our loons family of four will be migrating soon! ​
