Welcome to Big Cedar Lake Stewardship Association, Big Cedar, Ontario
2025 Activities and Reminders
VOLUNTEER for Starry Stonewort containment, Tire Removal and Disposal, and summer social events!
FOLLOW the BOAT LAUNCH PROTOCOL to help prevent spread of Starry Stonewort!
NEED WORK DONE? Consider engaging one of our sponsors!
LOVE TO CREATE? Enter our LOGO CONTEST! Email us your simple design by July 31st!
GET ENTHUSIASTIC at our annual Canada Day Boat Parade on July 1st!
PADDLE WITH FRIENDS in summer paddle groups starting July 13th!
PADDLE, SOCIALIZE, and WIN PRIZES at Paddlefest on August 16th!
For detailed information regarding the above including how to volunteer, get more information, or enter the contest, click here for the 2025 AGM Minutes.
Spring 2025 Newsletter. Read it here
2025 Membership Renewal
Please see the membership page to download the form for 2025 renewal. Thank you for supporting the health and well-being of our special lake.
Big Cedar Lake Health Assessment Reports
To view data about Big Cedar Lake water quality, and Lake Health Assessment reports,
see Lake Data.
Big Cedar Lake Stewardship Association strives to maintain a healthy lake and your 2025 membership is vital for that cause!
Through a creative and successful relationship first with EnviroScience and then with Trent University’s Ecological Restoration Program, under the leadership of Professor Dr. E. Sagar, our lake association addressed the invasive Eurasian milfoil. Using a combination of research-based solutions of aquatic predators, special matting, and physical weed patch removal, Eurasian milfoil has been maintained at acceptable levels.
The current challenge for Big Cedar has been the introduction of Starry Stonewort, an invasive macro-algae, which was brought into our lake via the public boat launch from the Trent-Severn Waterways in 2019. This invasion is being battled aggressively with hand harvesting and special matting, to ensure a clear boat pathway through the sole Starry Stonewort patch located at the public boat launch. To find out more about Starry Stonewort, see the Starry Stonewort tab on the side menu.
Today, all the scientific data recorded on the lake show excellent water quality, clarity, and cleanliness. Boating, swimming and fishing are enjoyed without significant hindrance of weeds.
About the Association
The Big Cedar Lake Stewardship Association (BCLSA) is a non-profit corporation and was formed in the spring of 2011, initially to find a way to control the amount of Eurasian Milfoil and has evolved to the general stewardship of the lake.
BCLSA Email address
The dedicated email address for the BCLSA bigcedarlakesa@gmail.com
Please share this information with your neighbours, particularly if they have purchased recently and may not be familiar with the BCLSA.
Membership
There are approximately 130 cottages on the lake of which approximately 60 are members as of June 2025. We value the knowledge and experience of all who have property on Big Cedar Lake; please join!
BCLSA Leadership
The BCLSA is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors who manage the day to day activities of the Association and report to the membership at large. The incorporation of the Association calls for a Board of 10 members or the number who stand at an Annual General Meeting. At each Annual General Meeting, an election is held for Board Members. For 2025, 10 members make up the Board. The Board then elects the officers from its members.
2024 Members of the Board are:
Brian Stock – President
Diane Trauzzi – Vice President
Michael Stone – Treasurer
Norma Piggott – Secretary
Laura Jean Brand
Doug Colmer
Leo DeSorcy
Chris Graham
John Graham
Mike Mulgrew
Various committees are created and have volunteer members who agree to work as required to carry out the committee objectives/goals.
Webmaster: Cliff Homewood / Diane Trauzzi / Laura Jean Brand
A copy of BCLSA’s Bylaws are available to view or download.
Objectives of BCLSA:
- The preservation and improvement (or regeneration) of the environmental health of Big Cedar Lake in the Province of Ontario and its surroundings;
- Serve as a focal point for Big Cedar Lake stewardship and improvement projects;
- Provide information concerning matters related to the Big Cedar Lake community;
- Provide a forum for Big Cedar Lake users to meet and get to know each other.
Two extremes of Big Cedar Lake!
