In the spring of 2020, the Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association applied for a $6000.00 grant from the Okanagan Basin Water Board to conduct water quality analysis on Vaseux Lake over a two year period. Our proposal was to sample monthly throughout the two year period and to send samples to CARO (a professional lab) in […]
Vaseux Lake Siltation
If you’ve done any boating on Vaseux Lake over recent decades, and especially over the last few years, you might have noticed that the north of the lake is becoming more and more shallow. So shallow, in fact, that you might need to get out of your canoe or kayak and push it into the […]
ALR Exclusion Application Denied
On May 10th, we posted an article here at VaseuxLake.com about a petition that was launched by the Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association at Change.org to oppose the exclusion of 1.2 hectares (2.97 acres) of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve and to oppose the development of 35 campsites on the eastern shore of Vaseux Lake. […]
Vaseux Lake Near Flooding AGAIN this Spring
Lake levels on Vaseux Lake are high again this year, almost at the flooding levels we experience in 2017 and 2018. During wind storms, the lake water is splashing over permanent break walls and making its way towards homes. In a statement to the Oliver Daily News, Norm Gaumont, chairman of the Vaseux Lake Stewardship […]
VLSA Board Meeting Minutes – May 7, 2020
The Association was successful in getting two more grants in the past year, one from the Okanagan Basin Water Board for $6000 to do water testing on the lake during the summer months for the next two years. Vaseux lake was the only lake in the Okanagan Valley which was not testing the water during […]