Shabomeka Lament

Jul 17, 2014

There's a rumour that Shawenegog Lake Lane leading to Shabomeka Lake Beach is apparently slated to suffer the same fate as Shabomeka Lake Road. We fear that the same minds that determined that a dead-end cottage road had to be highwayized, will now determine that Shawenegog Lake Lane, which has adequately served Shabomeka and Shawenegog cottagers for about 50 years, will now have to be razed, especially as Ontario Hydro crews are presently setting the tone 'to mark and saw and chip and kill' on so many of the township roads. There is a downside to easy access, as the old saying 'Bad roads bring good people; good roads bring bad people' would have it.  Since NF Twp established it as a community beach, there has been such a proliferation of garbage left at Shabomeka Lake Beach that we have dubbed it 'Shabomeka Lake Dump'.

Glen & Betty Pearce