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“All’s well that ends well”. Our fragile lake environment is now much better protected.
“All’s well that ends well”. Our fragile lake environment is now much better protected.
The title of this play from Shakespeare (circa 1623) summarizes well the conclusion of the zoning by-law debates around the huge Recreational Development Project ( WITRI) announced at a municipal meeting in Wentworth on February 24, 2019. Earlier this year,…
Our Lakes are in Good Health. Five Steps we Must All Take to Keep Them that Way.
Our Lakes are in Good Health. Five Steps we Must All Take to Keep Them that Way.
The results for 2021 are in. Have a look at the charts! Boyd – Black – Clear – Curran. All four are classified oligotrophic, that is lakes that have ” low nutrient content and are considered geologically young, or little…
A New Totem Pole in Dunany. Find out why? View the Gallery. Listen to the carver.
A New Totem Pole in Dunany. Find out why? View the Gallery. Listen to the carver.
The story begins in August 1994 with the erection of a Totem Pole on the Tilden property on the south shore of Clear Lake. It was still there when the Hindle’s acquired the property but rot had already weakened it,…
How much do you know about the history of  Dunany. To find out, take the Quiz!
How much do you know about the history of Dunany. To find out, take the Quiz!
A few days ago we had some good friends for dinner and I was wondering how I could best entertain them. Then I had an idea! The Great Dunany Quiz was born. So I thought I should share it with…
Dunany Wetlands: find out where they are around your lake.
Dunany Wetlands: find out where they are around your lake.
A few days ago I received the latest Newsletter from Abrinord, the organization responsible for the management of the North River Watershed. I was also asked to respond to a survey by filling a long questionnaire – which I did…
Fourteen years of tender loving care and four beautiful lakes in great shape.
Fourteen years of tender loving care and four beautiful lakes in great shape.
As you know, there was no water sampling program on account of the pandemic. But your group of lake volunteers were still collecting transparency data so that we now have charts of our four lakes with 14 years of data…
Our lakes are very healthy. Curious as to how we come to this conclusion? Read on!
Our lakes are very healthy. Curious as to how we come to this conclusion? Read on!
Our planet was born 4.55 billion years ago. The Laurentians appeared about 1,2 billion * years ago . Our lakes, about 10,000 years ago. Our association celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. And our lakes are all still very healthy.…
Our lakes are very healthy. Curious as to how we come to this conclusion? Read on!

Our lakes are very healthy. Curious as to how we come to this conclusion? Read on!

Our planet was born 4.55 billion years ago. The Laurentians appeared about 1,2 billion * years ago . Our lakes, about 10,000 years ago. Our association celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. And our lakes are all still very healthy.…

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I asked  ChatGPT what are the best ways to improve the quality of the water in our lakes. Read what the hot Open AI robot gave me.

I asked ChatGPT what are the best ways to improve the quality of the water in our lakes. Read what the hot Open AI robot gave me.

Most of you have probably heard about artificial intelligence AI. The most talked about product these days is called ChatGPT. It is a large language model that can generate human-like text, trained on a massive dataset of written works from…

Jacques Pigeon2023-02-082023-02-08 Environment
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The DCA Wishes you Great Holidays and Suggests Help for Brave Ukrainians without Heat and Electricity.

The DCA Wishes you Great Holidays and Suggests Help for Brave Ukrainians without Heat and Electricity.

Traditional Ukrainian Christmas festivities start on Christmas Eve, which is celebrated on January 6, as reckoned by the Julian calendar. The Christmas celebrations end on January 19, the date of the celebration of the Baptism of Jesus, known in Ukraine…

Jacques Pigeon2022-12-162022-12-16 General
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About our Lakes, Loons, Mussels and Beavers.

About our Lakes, Loons, Mussels and Beavers.

I have just received the results of the water sampling in our lakes that we, the gang of 7: Bonnie, André, François, Lois and Jim, France and I, collected last summer. The data is that of healthy lakes. The most…

Jacques Pigeon2022-11-232022-11-23 General
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A Special Pray and Play in 2022 and a Tribute to St. Paul’s Beloved Warden Wendy Crooks.

A Special Pray and Play in 2022 and a Tribute to St. Paul’s Beloved Warden Wendy Crooks.

Robert Percy, Grand Master of the St. Paul’s Omnium, otherwise known as Pray and Play, had a particularly challenging year. He had first planned the event for Sunday May 22, but an intense storm called a derecho hit Dunany really…

Jacques Pigeon2022-09-212022-09-21 Association, St-Paul
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Dunany Studio Artists: another successful Exhibition in 2022, a great illustration of our exceptional community spirit.

Dunany Studio Artists: another successful Exhibition in 2022, a great illustration of our exceptional community spirit.

The annual Exhibition of our Artists which was held in person this year is a perfect illustration of the community spirit that reigns supreme in Dunany. Why? Because the organisation of events such as this one, and the Music Fest…

Jacques Pigeon2022-09-012022-09-01 Culture
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DCA celebrates Country Club centennial and Robert Percy for his great contribution to the Dunany Community.

DCA celebrates Country Club centennial and Robert Percy for his great contribution to the Dunany Community.

The day was July 24, 2022. More than 50 Dunany residents were at the Country Club to attend the Annual General Meeting of their association. But that was not all. There were two noteworthy events to follow. The first one…

Jacques Pigeon2022-07-262022-07-26 Association
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What you should all know about Eurasian Watermilfoil and, especially, how to prevent its arrival in Dunany Lakes.

What you should all know about Eurasian Watermilfoil and, especially, how to prevent its arrival in Dunany Lakes.

As the guy in charge of lake management in Dunany I was asked the other day: is there anything that keeps you awake at night? I said yes. Definitely. Its Eurasian Watermilfoil. Why is that? Simply because once a lake…

Jacques Pigeon2022-07-052022-07-05 Environment
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St-Paul’s 2022 Newsletter. A new Association, Pray and Play, and a Memorial Hymn and Song Book.

St-Paul’s 2022 Newsletter. A new Association, Pray and Play, and a Memorial Hymn and Song Book.

Dunany, during the last two difficult years, has remained resilient and steadfast in the face of the covid pandemic. The world news challenges us every day to remain mindful of the privilege we have in our Dunany Community. We will…

Jacques Pigeon2022-04-242022-04-24 St-Paul
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Our Lakes are in Good Health. Five Steps we Must All Take to Keep Them that Way.

Our Lakes are in Good Health. Five Steps we Must All Take to Keep Them that Way.

The results for 2021 are in. Have a look at the charts! Boyd – Black – Clear – Curran. All four are classified oligotrophic, that is lakes that have ” low nutrient content and are considered geologically young, or little…

Jacques Pigeon2022-03-052022-03-18 Environnement
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2021 was a Pretty Good Year in Dunany until Omicron showed up. Best Wishes from St-Paul’s and the DCA for a serene 2022.

2021 was a Pretty Good Year in Dunany until Omicron showed up. Best Wishes from St-Paul’s and the DCA for a serene 2022.

It was a pretty good year indeed. It was the year Fibre Argenteuil finally arrived in Dunany. It was a year when our Artist held one of their best expositions ever. It was a year when our water samplings showed…

Jacques Pigeon2021-12-222021-12-22 Association
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Support Dunany Artists! View  samples of their Exposition in Lachute last November.

Support Dunany Artists! View samples of their Exposition in Lachute last November.

Have a look at these paintings! They are a small sample of the works that our Artists are exhibiting in Lachute beginning November 5, 2021. The Exhibition, entitled “Laurentian Seasons”, is held at at the permanent Route des Arts Gallery.…

Jacques Pigeon2021-10-172022-05-06 General
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Fibre Argenteuil is now wiring Dunany. Subscribe now to enjoy real High Speed  Internet this fall.

Fibre Argenteuil is now wiring Dunany. Subscribe now to enjoy real High Speed Internet this fall.

You have probably seen trucks from Fibre Argenteuil and Telecon on Dunany roads in recent days. There has been a lot of activity: Deployment of the main fibre cable by subcontractor Telecon on Dunany road and branches. Wednesday, they were…

Jacques Pigeon2021-10-012021-10-03 General
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“All’s well that ends well”. Our fragile lake environment is now much better protected.

“All’s well that ends well”. Our fragile lake environment is now much better protected.

The title of this play from Shakespeare (circa 1623) summarizes well the conclusion of the zoning by-law debates around the huge Recreational Development Project ( WITRI) announced at a municipal meeting in Wentworth on February 24, 2019. Earlier this year,…

Jacques Pigeon2021-09-072022-03-18 Environment
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Fibre connection accessible to most Dunany Homes before the end of this Summer.

Fibre connection accessible to most Dunany Homes before the end of this Summer.

Today, I am the bearer of good news! During a conversation on June 23 with Denis Huberdeau, CEO of Fibre Argenteuil, I learned that all key obstacles to the deployment of a fibre network in Argenteuil have now been lifted…

Jacques Pigeon2021-06-242021-06-24 General, Général
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Fourteen years of tender loving care and four beautiful lakes in great shape.

Fourteen years of tender loving care and four beautiful lakes in great shape.

As you know, there was no water sampling program on account of the pandemic. But your group of lake volunteers were still collecting transparency data so that we now have charts of our four lakes with 14 years of data…

Jacques Pigeon2021-04-152021-04-15 Environment
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Lovely Miniatures from 11 artists of the Dunany Studio Artists group! Have a look!

Lovely Miniatures from 11 artists of the Dunany Studio Artists group! Have a look!

Our artists are never short of ideas. Their latest is a series of miniature paintings that have just been posted on their Facebook page under Dunany Studio Artists. But not all of you are on Facebook and this is why…

Jacques Pigeon2021-02-262021-02-26 Culture
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A quiet Christmas in Dunany, hope for the New Year and Best Wishes from the DCA and St-Paul’s Church.

A quiet Christmas in Dunany, hope for the New Year and Best Wishes from the DCA and St-Paul’s Church.

Dunany usually comes back to life during the Holidays after a sleepy fall. Many of you would leave your home town to come celebrate with the locals. But not this year. There will be no Christmas Eve service at St-Paul’s.…

Jacques Pigeon2020-12-182020-12-19 General
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A New Totem Pole in Dunany. Find out why? View the Gallery. Listen to the carver.

A New Totem Pole in Dunany. Find out why? View the Gallery. Listen to the carver.

The story begins in August 1994 with the erection of a Totem Pole on the Tilden property on the south shore of Clear Lake. It was still there when the Hindle’s acquired the property but rot had already weakened it,…

Jacques Pigeon2020-11-18 Association
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The 2020 Dunany Studio Artists Virtual Art Show. Have a look at their latest work.

The 2020 Dunany Studio Artists Virtual Art Show. Have a look at their latest work.

Not even the pandemic could stop our artists from producing their art work. During the past few months, they have produced many paintings.  More than a hundred are part of a permanent exhibition on Facebook under Dunany Studio Artists or…

Jacques Pigeon2020-10-312022-05-06 Culture
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Stocking Trout in Dunany Lakes. This year Boyd and Clear. Try Fly Fishing next Spring.

Stocking Trout in Dunany Lakes. This year Boyd and Clear. Try Fly Fishing next Spring.

Thanksgiving was a great day to do some fish stocking! Sunny with glorious colours but cool. Water temperature at 12 degrees, uncomfortable for us (euphemism) but perfect for trout. La Pisciculture Mont-Tremblant delivered 714 trout. 535 speckled (9 to 12…

Jacques Pigeon2020-10-162020-10-16 Association
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Dunany Wetlands: find out where they are around your lake.

Dunany Wetlands: find out where they are around your lake.

A few days ago I received the latest Newsletter from Abrinord, the organization responsible for the management of the North River Watershed. I was also asked to respond to a survey by filling a long questionnaire – which I did…

Jacques Pigeon2020-09-162020-09-18 Environment
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Fibre Argenteuil deployment: Curran road this fall, rest of Dunany: March/April 2021.

Fibre Argenteuil deployment: Curran road this fall, rest of Dunany: March/April 2021.

The map below is part of the complete deployment map that was recently published by Fibre Argenteuil. I have blown up the part that concerns us directly. To view the full map, click here. Key elements: Deployment on Curran road…

Jacques Pigeon2020-07-182020-07-18 Municipal affairs
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Inspiration for a Quilt. How John Parsons discovered the beauty of Water Shields.

Inspiration for a Quilt. How John Parsons discovered the beauty of Water Shields.

Te beautiful Water-Shields (also called Dollar Bonnets) on Black lake continue to inspire John Parsons. Fittingly, he is this year’s designer of the famous Dunany Quilt which  you will all be able to see along with some of his other…

Jacques Pigeon2020-07-082020-07-08 Association
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Living peacefully with beavers, our discreet and emblematic herbivores.

Living peacefully with beavers, our discreet and emblematic herbivores.

Canadian beavers* are herbivores. Strict vegetarians! The eat bark, leaves and plants. They are active after dusk and stay away from humans. If you go swimming in the evening and get close to one it will flap its tail on…

Jacques Pigeon2020-05-262020-05-27 Environment
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State Of Our Lakes is Good. #protectdunanylakes is the New Hashtag*!

State Of Our Lakes is Good. #protectdunanylakes is the New Hashtag*!

Two years ago, my report on the state of our lakes bore this title Our 2017 lake results: are they too good to be believed? I now have the definite answer to my question. The answer is yes, they were!…

Jacques Pigeon2020-04-222020-04-22 Environment
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Send me your Best Pictures of Dunany and I Will Make you Look Like a Pro!

Send me your Best Pictures of Dunany and I Will Make you Look Like a Pro!

Over the course of winter, when the DCA more or less on pause, I remodelled the Pictures of Dunany section of the site and built Galleries with a new application called FooGallery (crazy name but nice plugin!). There are now…

Jacques Pigeon2020-03-152020-03-23 Association
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High Speed Internet throughout Argenteuil. There is progress. Be hopeful!

I received my first email through Fibre Argenteuil from a happy Louisa Road resident at 17:25 on Tuesday February 24. Mind you, this is a test but still, it is for real. I was told that 4 residents from this…

Jacques Pigeon2020-02-27 Municipal affairs
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How much do you know about the history of  Dunany. To find out, take the Quiz!

How much do you know about the history of Dunany. To find out, take the Quiz!

A few days ago we had some good friends for dinner and I was wondering how I could best entertain them. Then I had an idea! The Great Dunany Quiz was born. So I thought I should share it with…

Jacques Pigeon2020-02-162020-02-17 Association
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Oh what a beautiful Bridge!

Oh what a beautiful Bridge!

This picture is especially dedicated to those of you who have left Dunany for the winter and will only return when the ice has gone. Have a look at our new and beautiful bridge. It was finally opened on Monday…

Jacques Pigeon2019-12-182019-12-18 General
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Dunany

About Dunany

This Web site is sponsored by the Dunany Community Association (DCA), a community based organization, made up of people who reside in proximity to its surrounding lakes: Clear, Boyd, Black and Curran, free of motor boats.

The association’s raison d’être is to protect, maintain and enhance the quality of its environment, notably the quality of the water in its four lakes. The association also supports the development of community spirit by enabling social and cultural activities.

The association was founded in 1963 and is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors. It works closely with the two other pillars of Dunany, namely the Dunany Country Club and the Church of St-Paul’s of Dunany.

Dunany is located in Canada's Laurentian Mountains, 10 km north of Lachute, and about an hour away from Montreal, Quebec.

Recent Posts

  • Our lakes are very healthy. Curious as to how we come to this conclusion? Read on!
  • I asked ChatGPT what are the best ways to improve the quality of the water in our lakes. Read what the hot Open AI robot gave me.
  • The DCA Wishes you Great Holidays and Suggests Help for Brave Ukrainians without Heat and Electricity.
  • About our Lakes, Loons, Mussels and Beavers.
  • A Special Pray and Play in 2022 and a Tribute to St. Paul’s Beloved Warden Wendy Crooks.

John Parson’s Video

https://youtu.be/er1pG0SWrd0

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