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SHORELINE CONDITIONS STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THE BAY OF QUINTE AND LAKE ONTARIO

Posted on Friday, June 26, 2020 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2020
SHORELINE CONDITIONS STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THE BAY OF QUINTE AND LAKE ONTARIO
Quinte Conservation has downgraded the Flood Watch issued on May 15th for Lake Ontario and The Bay of Quinte to a Shoreline Conditions Statement.
Quinte Conservation uses lake elevation measurements of 75.3 m to determine a general flood line above which some properties will begin to be affected by water over the bank of the shoreline. As the lake level is now below this elevation and is...

SHORELINE CONDITIONS STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THE BAY OF QUINTE AND LAKE ONTARIO

Posted on Friday, June 26, 2020 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2020
SHORELINE CONDITIONS STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THE BAY OF QUINTE AND LAKE ONTARIO
Quinte Conservation has downgraded the Flood Watch issued on May 15th for Lake Ontario and The Bay of Quinte to a Shoreline Conditions Statement.
Quinte Conservation uses lake elevation measurements of 75.3 m to determine a general flood line above which some properties will begin to be affected by water over the bank of the shoreline. As the lake level is now below this elevation and is...

QUINTE CONSERVATION LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAPPING APPLICATION

Posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2020
QUINTE CONSERVATION LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE ONLINE MAPPING APPLICATION
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) department at Quinte Conservation has launched a Screening Limit GIS Viewer application, in accordance with Ontario Regulation 319/09 and supporting Section 28 of the Conservation Authorities Act, so that residents can efficiently screen proposed development projects for their property and streamline the regulation process with the Authority.
Users of the...

QUINTE CONSERVATION EXTENDS FREE PARKING AT AREAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st – DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THESE GREEN SPACES ARE GENEROUSLY ACCEPTED

Posted on Friday, May 29, 2020 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2020
QUINTE CONSERVATION EXTENDS FREE PARKING AT AREAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st – DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THESE GREEN SPACES ARE GENEROUSLY ACCEPTED.
Free parking at Quinte Conservation’s areas has been extended once again as an effort to help connect residents to public green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Corporate Services Manager Tammy Smith says, “The pandemic has, in one way or another, impacted everyone in our watershed and throughout the rest of Canada. We understand...

QUINTE CONSERVATION ISSUES A FLOOD WATCH UPDATE FOR LAKE ONTARIO AND THE BAY OF QUINTE

Posted on Friday, May 15, 2020 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 15, 2020
QUINTE CONSERVATION ISSUES A FLOOD WATCH UPDATE FOR LAKE
ONTARIO AND THE BAY OF QUINTE
The rise in Lake Ontario’s water level has slowed and is likely to be nearing its seasonal peak. Water levels
declined 3 cm during the cool, dry conditions this past week, but heavy rain is forecast in the coming days
and levels are likely to stabilize or slightly increase again this coming week. Lake Ontario remains on track
to peak in the coming week, well below the record-highs of...