CFR Chemicals EPEA Application for a Tank Farm Expansion

The SLWSS registered concerns on behalf of members in the watershed about the proposed expansion of the CFR Chemicals tank farm located on a rail spur beside Highway 11 west of Sylvan Lake boundary. The correspondence, including a reply to the submitted SLWSS concerns, is available for inspection in this file: CFR Chemicals-SLWSS Correspondence 2012

RDRWA Watershed Ambassadors

It's easy to recognize Sylvan Lake watershed volunteers who have provided community leadership and service to protect the lake. See the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance's Ambassador announcement, program description, complete the online nomination form for your candidate. then submit it electronically. The nomination criteria are conveniently posted here.

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 …

Sylvan Lake History on Display at the Archives

Marion Thompson, the volunteer office manager at the Sylvan Lake and District Archives Society invites residents to view the old photos, maps and documents at the location noted on the following brochure: Marion Thompson can be reached by email at: archives@sylvanlake.ca or by telephone at (403)-887-6296. Click on the image to expand it in a new …

Sylvan Lake Water Balance

Sylvan Lake exists because the last ice age created the watershed basin and because today the amount of water that enters the watershed is about the same as the amount that leaves it. The following diagram shows the inputs and outputs of water that determine the lake level and its fluctuations from year to year: …

Sylvan Lake Newspaper and Photo Archives

This source of Sylvan Lake history is recommended by Marion Thompson of the Town of Sylvan Lake Archives. Click on this URL to reach the Peel's Prairie Provinces page of the University of Alberta library. Select a tab (Newspapers or Images) and enter the keywords Sylvan Lake to retrieve records from the past. Who remembers the …

Sylvan Lake Water Quality

Sylvan Lake continues to rank in first place among the recreational lakes in Central Alberta because of its high water quality. Please click on the graphic to enlarge it. The lake water is sampled and analyzed periodically by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, by the Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS) and by the SLWSS. The …

Sylvan Lake Water Level

Alberta's Environment and Sustainable Resource Development website that measures, logs and reports on the Sylvan Lake water level is now displaying data for 2012 now that the ice has melted: Click here for the lake level graph. Check the AESRD website regularly for the continuous updates. The same data are available as either a graph …

Restore the Shoreline

Since shoreline property development started at Sylvan Lake decades ago the riparian zone adjacent to the lake has changed. Government surveys classify much of that zone as "impaired".  Property owners can help to restore some riparian zone functions by looking critically at landscaping and structures with the goal of improving water balance and reducing nutrient …