Before you head out to fish on Vaseux Lake, you will need a provincial freshwater Fishing Licence. Freshwater fishing licences are available in a range of options from single-day to annual licences that last all year, from April 1 through March 31st. Licensing requirements If you are 16 years or over: You must have a […]
Siltation Study Grant Approved
On February 8th, 2021, the RDOS (Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen) entered into an agreement with the VLSA (Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association) and approved a grant of $30,500 for funding through the local conservation fund service, to conduct a study of siltation on Vaseux Lake. The project proposal outlined by the VLSA is as follows: […]
Remembering Barry Underwood
It is with great sadness that the Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association shares the news that Barry Underwood, the Association’s finance officer, and friend, passed away suddenly early morning on the 4th of October. Barry was a founding member of the Association, who could always be counted on to be in attendance, and was always the […]
Shuttleworth Creek Dredging 2020
Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association board members Phyllis Radchenko and Ros Gardner (along with their dogs, Targa and Jasper), came upon these happy scenes of Shuttleworth Creek being dredged on October 9th, 2020. With siltation at the north end of Vaseux Lake being an ongoing concern, it is indeed encouraging to see dredging of the creek […]
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 […]