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.

Bayview Cafe Pie Baked for Henry Sielmann Farewell

Henry Sielmann joined SLWSS members Kim Schmitt, Graeme Strathdee and Mike Williamson at the Bayview Cafe on May 11. Henry served as a SLWSS director and managed a photography contest, redesigned the website, and started the ice hut project. He also was an active member of the Jazz Society. Sheree Davies, proprietor of the Bayview …

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 …