ABOUT US


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 OUR MANDATE:
To preserve and protect Fairy Lake and the surrounding areas.
OUR VISION:
The Fairy Lake Community envisions the lake to be a place where:
  • The beauty of the landscape, the tranquility of the surroundings and the quality of the water are preserved;
  • The community is actively involved in stewardship;
  • There is an appropriate balance between economic development and the preservation of the environment; and
  • local residents and visitors to Muskoka will have access to the lake's recreational opportunities.
    Started as the "Fairy Lake Cottage Association" many years ago, the Association now reflects the modern realities of, and pressures on, the region: highway expansion, property development, municipal water and sewage plants, an increasing population and demand for recreational opportunities. Two thirds of the property owners on Fairy Lake are now permanent residents.

    The local native peoples believed the lake to be inhabited by spirits. The lake was named "Fairy" because of its beauty by surveyor Alexander Murray in 1853.

    In his book "This River the Muskoka", Gary Long describes Fairy Lake as having "picturesque expanses of ruffled blue waters cradled between steep, rolling hills - fantastic scenery in the autumn, and has an extra element of ruggedness from islands that thrust rocky pine-clad summits high above the water"

    Fairy Lake is nearly 10km long, with a perimeter of about 22kms and a maximum depth of just under 70 meters. Along with the three other connecting "Huntsville Lakes", it affords some 60kms of boating