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Chain of Lakes Association (COLA) P.O. Box 245 Harrison, MI 48625-0245
Townline Lake
Townline Lake, Boathouse Lake, Lake #5, Icehouse Lake, Lake #4,
Lost Lake, Canada Lake, Sand Lake, Haven Lake and their channels.
Welcome to our Chain of Lakes Association.
If you are a lake front property owner around our chain of lakes, or a property owner who has
deeded access to these lakes, we invite you to join our chain of
lakes association.
Registration form:
Print membership form
Our goals are to make our lakes safer places for boating and swimming, and to improve the fishing habitat in a
responsible manner, so that all can enjoy our little chain of lakes.
Please click on the registration tab at the top of this page to sign
up, or email COLA President, Al Loucks
alloucks@bestbuyer.com or Cola Secretary: Melissa Burnham
mmburnham@earthlink.net
(COLA)
P.O. Box 245
Harrison, MI 48625-0245
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Contact Your Lake Director
We now have directors for each lake and channel in our chain of lakes.
These folks have generously volunteered to help with concerns that you might have on your lake or channel.
Please contact them with concerns or ideas regarding your specific lake or channel, and they'll do their best to try and help you.
Your COLA lake directors are:
*Lost Lake: Kent Hodges
*Lake #4: Norbert Schollett
*Haven Lake: Robert Height
*Haven Lake channel: Saundra Kozak
*Sand Lake: Andy Dennis
*Sand Lake channel: Bryan Doyle
*Townline Lake: Dan & Melissa Burnham
*Cedar Shores Representatives: Cathy & Jerry Timmons
*Canada Lake: Lois Barrett
*Boathouse Lake: James Robinson
You can find the email addresses for these kind folks by clicking on the Club Officers tab at the top of this page.
Still needed: Lake director Lake #5.
Please consider helping out COLA by submitting your name to either Al Loucks, COLA President cola@bestbuyer.com, or Melissa Burnham, COLA secretary at mmburnham@earthlink.net. Thanks!
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Volunteers Needed for Committees!
COLA is looking for folks to volunteer for the following committees:
*Fish Cribs/Fish Restocking Committee
*Fundraising Committee
*Activities Committee
*Welcome Committee
Please consider giving a little of your time to help our association.
Contact COLA secretary Melissa Burnham @ mmburnham@earthlink.net or President Al Loucks to sign up for a committee. Thank you.
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Fish Restocking Has Begun!
COLA's efforts to restock our chain of lakes has begun!
On October 17, 2009, a small amount of fish were purchased from the DNR certified fish farm in Imlay City, and were released in the following lakes in our chain: Haven Lake, Lost Lake, Sand Lake and Townline Lake.
The fish species released were: Perch, Walleye, and Red-earred Sunfish Shellcrackers.
COLA is asking that you please use catch and release fishing with these young fish...let's help them get established in our waters.
If you (or any guests that you may have visiting) catch any undersized fish, please release it to live another day and get bigger! Thanks!
And, thanks to all who have donated to COLA's fish fund, and who continue to support our efforts in improving fishing in our waters...we appreciate it!
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New Boating Signs in Our Lakes!
COLA would like to thank Rob Mulkey and Gordon Sorensen of the Dodge Complex Improvement Board, and Hamilton Township Supervisor Dave Cooper, for providing the funding for our new boating navigational signs in our chain of lakes.
We would also like to thank X'treme Graphics Sign Company of Harrison, and our volunteer sign installers: Bryan Doyle,(and his wonderful son-in-law!), John Duplessie, Brian & Kelly Miller and Dan Burnham.
Thanks to all for a job well done!
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No Wake Hours On Our Chain Of Lakes
Please remember the boating/no wake times for our chain of lakes. These hours are the state law: 7:30PM-11:00AM.
Let's be courteous to those who like to canoe, kayak, paddle boat, sail and/or fish, and observe the no wake law between the hours of 7:30 P.M. 11:00 A.M.
And, be sure to tell any guests using your boats about our No Wake boating hours, and to respect the No Wake times.
A reminder for all boaters: please remember to navigate the lakes in a counter clockwise fashion. Stay to the right when traveling our lakes and channels.
And, we need everyone to remember to slow down in all of the channels connecting our chain of lakes. They are all no wake zones. Thank you!
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Lake Levels for our Chain of Lakes
The Clare County Drain Commissioner says that the legal water levels for our lakes are as follows:
Sand lake 1016.7
Townline 1016.7
Boathouse 1016.7
Haven 1016.7
Lost Lake 1016.7
Dodge Lake 1013.8
Beside the spillway on Sand Lake is a gauge which tells the lake
level. It is on a metal angle and pipe which has a gauge on it.
Beside the culvert in Dodge Lake (and about 3’ east of the
culvert) is the gauge for Dodge Lake.
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Saving Animals from Euthanasia
http://bestbuyer.com/safe will be online soon to help Save Animals from Euthanasia. |
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For our COLA members who winter in warmer climates: Be sure to check out the regional weather forecast that Al added to the main page of our COLA site.
Now you can check the weather conditions at your cottage (here in MI) everytime you check COLA's site! Thanks Al!
Fall 2009:
Fish restocking has begun in our chain of lakes! Scroll down to read more about it in the Articles section of this page.
A $300.00 REWARD has been offered for the arrest and conviction of the vandal/vandals who destroyed the SAND LAKE BEACH SIGN and destroyed the property around the beach area recently.
Contact the Clare County Sheriff's Department if you have any information regarding this vandalism that might be helpful.
Neighborhood Watch forms (for you to secure your home or cottage and forms to send to the Sheriff's Dept to watch your home or cottage) are now available under the links section on the left of this page.
COLA Membership Applications are now under Articles and Links.
Most forms are PDF files, which require Adobe Acrobat to open. You can download a free copy at http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
The minutes from our July 11, 2009 general membership meeting are listed in the EVENTS column on the left side of the page.
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Neighborhood Watch
Summer 2009:
It has come to our attention that in
recent days some lake front cottages on our chain of lakes have been vandalized. We know too, that some
cottages and homes on our chain have been broken into,
and some docked boats have been untied
from their docks and allowed to drift free.
We're asking all property owners around
our chain of lakes to please be vigilant, and keep an eye out for not
only your own property, but your neighbor's as well, and report any
suspicious activity to the Clare County Sheriff's Department at
989-539-7166. You do not have to leave your name.
An update as of July 11, 2009:
COLA has learned from the Clare County Sheriff's department, that one person has already confessed to 10 of these crimes, and another will be taken in for interviewing by the Sheriff's Department this week.
Contact Lt. Rick Miller for more information regarding setting up a Neighborhood Watch program at: 989-539-7166, ext.#230.
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