Boat Trailer Parking Lot at Sunbreaker Cove

Lacombe County is constructing a boat trailer parking lot north of Sunbreaker Cove for users of the county boat launch on the lake shore.  The project is an opportunity to monitor silt and associated nutrient transport from the agricultural land down the surface drainage into Sylvan Lake. The following slideshow illustrates the concern of the SLWSS …

Know Your Red Deer River Watershed

This dynamic map of the Red Deer River watershed, of which Sylvan Lake is a small part (our sewage lagoon treated effluent,  storm water and lake overflow mix and enter the Red Deer River above the city) displays a large amount of data. Click on the topics below the map and learn about the Red …

Cumulative Effects Management of the Watershed

Stewardship groups, governments and regulatory agencies all have roles to play in the long-term management of watersheds. Watersheds are complex systems as described in State of the Watershed reports. Obviously many factors must be considered when making decisions about the future. Using decision support tools to connect watershed variables and indicators to management goals can …

Ice Fishing Hut Project Presentation

The Sylvan Lake Management Committee (SLMC)  chair Beverly Anderson of Norglenwold and SLMC vice-chair and Mayor Susan Samson of the Town of Sylvan lake championed the "Ice Fishing Hut" project that is summarized in this presentation: Ice Fishing Hut Presentation 2012 Many interested representatives of the watershed municipalities, provincial government agencies, and law enforcement cooperated …

Watershed Report Card Preview

What will the Sylvan Lake watershed look like in the future? Annual reports by the watershed municipalities to Municipal Affairs contain some important population, land use and financial data that can be scaled up to indicate the changes that will occur in the next few decades in the growth projections hold. Baseline data for the …

Future Population of the Watershed

Forecasts of watershed populations by Lacombe County and the Town of Sylvan Lake are combined in this graph: Future Population Projection The Growth Strategy reference document of the Town of Sylvan Lake is posted here. The Lacombe County Area Structure Plan for the Sylvan Lake watershed may be downloaded by clicking here.

Claims Staked for Land Development in the Watershed

Both the Town of Sylvan Lake and the County of Lacombe have published reports and maps that define the land areas  proposed for future development. The following map overlays excerpts from two municipal plans on a Google Earth image of the Sylvan Lake watershed. Land Development Areas in the Sylvan Lake watershed Note: Click on the …