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Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association 2025 AGM

LAC LE JEUNE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 

 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

 When: Sunday November 30, 2025, 10:30am

 Where: Zoom 

 AGENDA 

1. Welcome and introduction 
2. Approval of the AGM minutes of September 29, 2024 
3. Treasurer's Report 
4. Current projects and funding 
5. FireSmart update 
6. Water Monitoring Project (view data)
7. Membership fees 
8. Upper Subdivision representative 
9. New business

Please add the AGM to your calendar! 

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Topic: Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association AGM

Time: Nov 30, 2025 10:30 AM Vancouver
Zoom Meeting
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Minutes: Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association AGM - September 29, 2024

 MInutes are also available for download as a PDF here.

Minutes of the Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association Annual General Meeting 

September 29, 2024

Meeting brought to order 10:40 am.

Minutes adopted from previous AGM.  Moved by Corinne and Seconded by Jackie.

Treasurer’s Report:

Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association 2023 Financial Report
Balance at 04/30/23	8,072.28	$8,072.28
Revenue
Membership
Interest	3.71
TNRD Grants - Gus Johnson	2,000.00
	2,003.71	$10,075.99
Expenses
BC Society Annual Report	*40.00
BC Lake Stewardship Society	*50.00
Knotty Pine	250.00
Hugh Burton (lake monitoring)	420.00
	670.00	$670.00
Balance at 04/30/2024		$9,405.99

 

Scott Allen had a display of pumps and hoses that he has available through his company.  He also has access to PPE and bladders. He is available after the meeting to discuss.

Hugh Burton discussed the continuing lake monitoring and results. We have 12 years of lake monitoring. The dissolved solids were higher in 2024 and could be result of the long rain in the spring.  The 02 level has been good lately. At 4 degrees, the water is most dense. We discussed the beaver debris under the bridge and the community members will continue to clear this. Beavers are an important member of the biodiversity in our lakes and the water quality benefits from them living here. 

Clay Govett discussed FireSmart and the resources we can utilize and community members who can help us reach our goals, like Gwenn Heatheringon, who works for the Thompson Rivers Forest District. There was some reduction work done this year and more will be announced and done next year.  We require volunteers for the neighbourhoods for FireSmart. Fraser Basin council has training for fire 

 

brigade, courses for BC Wildfire Services (BCWS). This is basic training to be on a suppression team.  There are more resources for the community through BCWS.

Bruce Mitchell invited Randy Spyksma from Logan Lake Community Forests to share information with the group. Community forests is also part of FireSmart. Logan Lake receives funds that are used for removal of ladder fuels and trail development. There are 65 Community Forest Societies in BC. Tenure/right to log specific areas on crown land, right to harvest and the responsibility to log and manage use areas. InterFor/Aspen have logging rights in our area. BC GOVT approves and rescinds rights. Indigenous community involvement is key as well. The Logan Lake district has been doing this for a few years and perhaps there’s an opportunity to work with them.

 

Corinne Shock discussed the possibility of secondary access for Lac Le Jeune. There is available funding through the TNRD for the planning stage which includes route planning. There are other grants that may make this a possible for our community.

Corinne reported that we were able to secure $2,000 of grant money from the TNRD for improvements to the Gus Johnson trail. Some suggestions are trail marking, maps, and some sort of bridging at the wet, east end. Cindy will post something in the new year on the FB page looking for suggestions. She has engaged representatives from BC Parks regarding sourcing and limitations on crown land.

Mike Grenier, our TNRD District J Representative, had a few items to review. He had a brief breakdown of our property taxes and how funds are spent, i.e. waste and library.  Solid waste management is the biggest cost. The TNRD supports the training of the fire brigade. The TNRD can help with training and equipment and part of it is through the Community Fire Service. TNRD has existing relationships in regards to Community Forests.  

Rogers applied for high-speed coverage in our area.  We have all seen the new sub-building built at the mailbox and that is a Rogers structure. They are presently working on running cabling along the Coquihalla.  

There are grants and monetary aid available, including up to $5,000 for specific projects but needs to benefit more than one area J and K for tourism or economic development.

Election of executive team. Bruce Mitchell did not stand for re-elections.  

·       President - Corinne Schock

·       Vice-President – Jacquie Brugger

·       Secretary/Treasurer – Cindy Swain

Area Reps:

·       Pat Carroll

·       Sylvia Currie

·       Clay Govett

·       Pat Burton

·       Anna Folk

No new business.

Meeting adjourned 11:53

Minutes prepared by Cindy Swain.

 

Firesmart Free Chipping Days - October 27, 2025

Residents in Lac Le Jeune and Walloper Lake are encouraged to take part in a free chipping day hosted by the TNRD FireSmart program. This is an opportunity to reduce wildfire fuels and help mitigate risks to property from wildfire - with brush and branches hauled away and chipped free of charge. 

WHEN: October 27, 2025

INSTRUCTIONS

• Place debris at the end of the driveway the night before pickup
• Stack wood with butt ends facing the road
• Ensure brush is free of dirt and rocks
• Limit woody debris to approximately five inches in diameter 

MORE INFORMATION

TNRD Website

TNRD FireSmart Program 

Tel.: 250-377-6326 

Email: firesmart@tnrd.ca

What is the white foam along the lake shore?

Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Residents are curious about the white foam that appears along the shoreline, so we asked our local Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association water monitoring expert to explain! Also, the fly fishers out there might want take note of where the trout seek optimum oxygen levels -- explained below. 

From Hugh Burton

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This is not an unusual phenomenon particularly at this time of the year.

Our lake is at its highest point in the production of living organisms, most of which are going through their respective life cycles, which include the production of metabolic byproducts like proteins and carbohydrates. Part of these cycles includes death of these organisms, which as they decay adds to the soup of suspended molecules.

When we get a good brisk wind, particularly one that causes the wave crests to break, we get a foaming action. Think of beating egg whites.

At this time of year there is another phenomenon that increases the chance of foaming by restricting the water volume in which the high level of biological activity is occuring. This is the thermocline.

Mike Brugger and I did a lake monitoring run this morning and found that there was a very strong 4m thick thermocline starting at 8m below the surface. This is virtually like putting a 4M thick horizontal tarp down at 8m, thus dividing the lake horizontally in two distinct sections.

Above the thermocline the oxygen level was 34% and the water temperature was 17C. Below the thermocline the oxygen level was 9% and the temperature was 8.1C.

Added to this, is the depth to which the light is effectively penetrating, which on this date at this location was 5M.

So, most of the intense oxygen dependant and light dependant biological activity at the moment is restricted to the top 5 to 8m of water.

In other words ideal conditions for a good frothing given the right wind. It is non toxic unless there is growth of certain toxic algae or bacteria, which fortunately our lake does not cultivate.

* Note 1: the thermocline is defined by a drop of one degree Celsius over 1 meter. In this case there is a drop of 8 degrees Celsius in 4 meters. 

* Note 2: our trout need at least 30% oxygen to survive. So, they are restricted to the top 8m.

TNRD FireSmart™ free chipping day June 16, 2025

Start trimming! Your brush, branches, deadfall and trimmings will be hauled away for free!

TNRD FireSmart™ free chipping day events support rural property owners in reducing wildfire fuels on their property.

WHEN: June 16, 2025

INSTRUCTIONS:

• All debris must be placed at the end of your driveway before the morning of June 16
• Stack wood with butt ends facing the road
• Brush needs to be clean and free of dirt and rocks
• Woody debris is limited to being approximately five inches in diameter

TNRD FireSmart Program
Tel.: 250-377-6326
Email: firesmart@tnrd.ca

FireSmart Community Event

Agenda

June 7th, 4:30 - 6:00pm

Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park Day Shelter

1. Welcome (Jacquie Brugger)
2. FireSmart, fire brigade, new grant/funding (Clay Govett)
3. Fire mitigation plans - Land and Resource Coordinator wildfire risk reduction program Thompson Rivers district (Gwen Hetherington)
4. New logging behind the old ski hill, subdivision and area - BC Tiber Sales 
5. TNRD FireSmart  (Dan Funk)

A Good Catch in the 1940s

This image is possibly from a brochure printed by the Kamloops Sentinel in the 1940s. The northeast corner of the lodge in the background.

~Submitted by Neil Burton

The Burton children on Water Street - over 100 years ago

This photograph was taken around 1919 to 1921. The parents of these children are Sidney Charles and Jane Ann Burton. They are on the Burton property on Water Street. 

From left to right -- Reggie, Isobel, Arthur. A section of the summer cottage, constructed in 1915 and is still in use today, appears in the background.

~ Neil Burton

Community Wide Yard Sales - May 17, 2025

 

When: Saturday May 17, 2025 9:00am - 2:00pm 

Participating households

• 4069 Park Dr West 
• 5801 Osprey Rd 
• 5800 Osprey Rd
• 3781 Pine Ridge 
• 5888 Lac Le Jeune Rd
• 3496 Park Dr East 
• 3829 Marmot 
• 3729 Ridgemont
• 3815 Water St 
• 3793 Water St 
• 3861 Water St
• 3873 Lookout Rd