At a meeting with City officials, on March 9, 2020, hosted by the Friends of Swan Lake Park, the 180 attendees were asked to fill in a survey on their views about the current conditions in Swan Lake and Swan Lake Park and their preferences for a long term solution. The follow results summarize the
March 18, 2020 - Markham Review The Friends of Swan Lake Park, a group of Markham residents committed to saving Swan Lake and Swan Lake Park (located north of 16th Avenue, at 25 Swan Park Road), recently announced the results from a survey completed by attendees at their first public meeting on March 9 to discuss the issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 21, 2020 Markham, ON - Today, the Friends of Swan Lake Park, a group of Markham residents committed to saving Swan Lake and Swan Lake Park, announced the official launch of its new website www.friendsofswanlakepark.ca and its first public meeting on March 9, 2020 to discuss the issues in the
Swan Lake is dying. But it can be saved! Join us at the Swan Club, Swan Lake Village Monday March 9, 2020 7:00-8:30 pm Hear our concerns and how the lake can be saved. Ask Markham's representatives about the City's plan for the Park. Share your views with: Brenda Librecz Commissioner of
Swan Lake Park is one of the most biodiverse areas in Markham, but it is under stress from the increasing urbanization of the area. The challenge is to preserve the biodiversity while accommodating the increase in visitors to the park. Swan Lake Park is classified as a “Community Park” a category usually associated with
By Fred Peters and Jon Van Loon It’s not pretty, a waterway choked in green slime. Standing on the north bridge in Swan Lake, a couple of local teens asked themselves, “Why was it allowed to get this bad?” Like many of life’s problems at this late point there is no simple answer. It’s
by Jon Van Loon (originally published in Lakeview June 2013 Henry Ford once stated: "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success". The following story bespeaks just such necessary cooperation. The main partners in this particular instance are Dr. Gertrud Nurnberg and colleagues of Freshwater Research, the Ministry of
