Pawtuckaway Lake Association

The attached photo, from Therese Thompson, is garbage she picked up the morning of December 5th, along the shoreline of ONLY 4 homes off Barderry Lane. Please take some time to go out and pick up garbage now that the lake is down.

Thank you. 

On June 3rd, sixty fifth graders from Nottingham School took part in a day-long field trip focused on lake ecology at the Pawtuckaway State Park beach. The trip was hosted by the PLIA and conducted with the enthusiastic support of the DES.

The event featured five stations that the students rotated through in groups of 12:

Enviroscape -- This station introduced students to the concept of a watershed through the use of an interactive model. By exploring the idea that water always runs downhill to a water body, students discovered various sources of water pollution and came to understand that they and their families can play a role in keeping our water clean. The Pawtuckaway watershed was discussed during this presentation. This station was led by Barbara MacMillan of the DES and Steve Soreff, our very own Weed Watcher Captain.

If finally stopped raining so we could have a sunny Boat Parade! Open this article to view this years photos.

The time has come to start planning how you can decorate your boat for the Annual 4th of July Boat Parade. 

We will start gathering around the Twin Islands on the North End of the lake heading into Fundy Cove at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 4th! 

George and Carol Voltz will be leading the parade again this year, look for their boat and begin falling in behind them. For more info contact George or Carol at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

The Crew assembled at the Dolloff Dam Yacht Club at 8 AM, August 30th. Tom had provided the canoe to ferry the slain phragmites to shore where in true synchronized fashion Eric would arrive to take them to as yet undisclosed destination.  So Captain Gary along with Peg and Steve proceeded through the South Channel  and en-route to pick-up Gayle.

The 2nd Annual Paddle Day a great success.  The weather was perfect, the crowd enthusiastic and the islands were full of ripe blueberries!!!!  20 lake residents headed out on the lake after some basic kayaking tips were provided on the Tuckway Shores beach.  Participants learned the proper way to hold the paddle,  the proper technique for paddling the kayak and how to get back in the kayak if you happen to tip it over!!! 

The kids had a relay race and all were rewarded with a cute rubber ducky which quickly became squirt guns.  Next we took a leisurely paddle to an island for some snacking on blueberries then  onward to the next set of islands for a picnic lunch and a game of hide and seek.  The PLIA and Pawtuckaway Kids would like to thank our friends Jillfrances and Elaine for providing expert instructions on proper kayaking techniques. 
 
If you missed this years event, keep your eye out for it to happen again next summer only this time it will be with a new twist.  We will keep you posted.

The first Phragmites Expedition of 2008 was on July 26, 2008.  This marks salvo in the 2008 Phragmites War.   The assault force comprised of a three pronged movement.  The flagship pontoon vessel captained by Gary St. Pierre departed from its Dolloff Landing base at 0900 hours.  The team consisted of Peggy Tucker, her daughter Mandy, her cousins Chuck and Witney and Steve.

This battleship was joined by Ed Kotowski’s pontoon boat accompanied by his daughter Sara and cousin Jordan which moved out form the Lamprey harbor.   They motored to the Phragmites site to the left of the Twin Island.  There they were joined by Bob and Marie who canoed over.

Gayle Kenney and Jen Fernald kayaked over.  Therese Thompson kayaked over.  So for  this historic and epic battle , the Weed Warriors had arrayed a small army of 14 willing, smiling weed pullers.

Sunny weather and a good turnout led to a great boat parade this year. Once again, this years parade was organized and led by George and Carol Voltz. Click on "Read More" to see photos of this year's participants in the Boat Parade.