UPCOMING EVENTS

SCUGOG LAKE STEWARDS PROJECTED EVENT CALENDAR, 2026

As at April 14, 2026

MAY

  • ‘Meet You at the Market’, May 16, 23, 30 (Directors attend the Port Perry Farmers’ Market to meet and greet.
  • Science Social #2 – Tuesday, May 19.  ‘Investigating Harmful Algal Blooms in 2024’  Both Lake Scugog and Lake Simcoe had Blue Green Algae blooms on the same days during the summer, what would have driven that, and why would two quite different lakes experience these toxic blooms at the same time.  Flavia Breje, Doctoral Student at Ontario Tech. U., worked with Dr. Brian Ginn of Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority to find the reason for such blooms at a such an unexpected time in the year.

JUNE

  • ‘Meet you at the Market’, as above,  June 6, 13, 20,27.
  • Tri-City Chamber of Commerce meet-up in Uxbridge – Wed. June 3, 6-8pm, booth
  • Dragon Boat Festival, June 13, Lake Stewards involved with the Port Perry Hospital Foundation.
  • Pontoon Boat Ride, June 22 or 29, Science experts explore what is going on in the lake and help train new Township personnel and Directors.

JULY

  • ‘Meet you at the Market’, June 4, 11, 18, 25
  • Pontoon  Boat Lake Monitoring with science experts, new directors, Township councilors and staff, July 27, 2026, with science experts, new directors, Township councilors and staff,.

AUGUST 

  • Meet you at the Market’  as many Saturdays as we have volunteers for.
  • Discovery Day, Saturday, August 8, next to the Marina – Educational booths about  Invasive Species, Septic System Health, Native Plants for shorelines, Citizen science results and bugs in the mud and more. (See right)*SLS Business Meet&Greet with the at Palmer Park (Misty,
    Rob, et al.) (Thursday, August 20 th , 8:30am-10:30am).
    September *Meet You at the Market – Volunteers needed

(September 5, 12, 19, 26)
October Science Social #3 –

(Date TBA)

November NDN+SLS – State of the Lake, 2 nd annual –

Ear.y December # 4 Science Social, TBA