Upper Wharf Rain Shelter Project
The Committee has met twice to discuss the repair and restoration of the Rain Shelter. We are still in the information gathering stages, going through documentation and grant applications from previous committees, and have spoken with several CoKL representatives and others about securing funding.
The Committee will be meeting again soon and a full report will go out to the community after that meeting to keep you all updated.
Any questions, comments and/or suggestions can be sent to the Committee by email.
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Rain Shelter Restoration – A Community Effort
There’s good news from the Upper Wharf. The historic rain shelter – originally built in 1903 and designated a heritage site – just received a much-needed new roof. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of Andrew Dunnette and Andrew Wilson, materials and labour have been largely donated to help replace the failing roof and protect the structure. This is just the…
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Rain Shelter on the Upper Wharf
The old building on the Upper Wharf at the Lake end of Irene Avenue was in really bad shape. It was still useful for storage for various items belonging to the village, but the whole wharf area was deteriorating. In the past the building had played a very important role as being a rain shelter…