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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It all began at Sheryl Caron’s place on Sunday December 15 where many Dunany residents had congregated to hear our Glee Club carolling. Next event is at St.Paul’s where, again this year, there will first be a Family Service at…
This is the official map of our watershed as produced by the MRC of Argenteuil. It is important for us as Dunany is defined by its watershed. Some residents here tried a couple of times to make Dunany a municipality.…
And winter in Dunany can also be beautiful. Witness this lovely photo of Boyd Lake by Peter Wright! Lois Finch has aggregated all these activities for you. Interested in singing? Then join the Glee Club which will be active all…
… that the restoration job was going as planned. The bridge has been lifted by about a foot to allow for the replacement of the foundation blocks. The project manager was kind enough to go under the bridge with my…
The following statement from the Board of Directors of the Dunany Community Association was sent to Mayor Jason Morrison of Wentworth, his councillors and key staff on Sunday, September 22, 2019. DCA in full support of current Wentworth council and…
We re a community of less than two hundred households. That it would produce so many artists is quite an achievement! Here they are: (from left to right in the picture) Annabelle Wood, Barb McCullough, Ginette Masson, Caroline Roy, Maureen…
There was an excellent turnout at our last AGM on Sunday August 4: 80 residents. Key topic was was the proposed 2B$ Wentworth Integrated Tourism Resort Project by Lake Louisa as presented to Wentworth residents earlier this year. Members present…