Northway Gardeners Restoration Services

Camp Kitchen Restoration Complete
Huntsville Forester

Volunteers at Camp Kitchen
Robert Allen directed the technical process and plant selections.

Thanks to a partnership between Huntsville's parks and recreation department, the Muskoka Heritage Foundation and Watershed Council, the shoreline at Camp Kitchen has been restored.

With new plantings, two entrance points to the water comprised of stone steps and the removal of the contract slabs that were lying in the water, the area is now more attractive and safer for swimmers.

The project, in the planning stages for months, needed to be done for several reasons, the health of the lake, to make it more beautiful and to hopefully control some of the geese.

A silk curtain has been installed in the water to safeguard fish habitat and will be removed this week. Earth and reclaimed rock have been installed along the shoreline.

Last weekend, about 30 volunteers, planted indigenous shoreline species including shrubs and bushes to form an undulating plant bed. This will help stabilize the shoreline and filter water as it comes down the hill. There are no plans in the works for the water's edge further along the shoreline.

The area is naturally cleaning itself. With the rise and fall of the water the sand is going and natural grass is growing to the edge.

In tandem with Camp Kitchen's facelift, the trail leading from the parking area up to the soccer pitch and the Lions Lookout has been reopened.


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