Preston Lake, Ontario
| Preston Lake | |
|---|---|
| community | |
| Coordinates: 43°59′14″N 79°22′35″W / 43.98722°N 79.37639°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional municipality | York Region |
| Town | Whitchurch–Stouffville |
| Amalgamation | (With Town of Stouffville) 1 January 1971 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Justin Altmann |
| • Councillor | Hugo Kroon (Ward 3) |
| Elevation | 303 m (994 ft) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Forward sortation area | L0H |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 030M14 |
| GNBC Code | FCIKQ (community) FCIKR (lake) |
Preston Lake is a community located in the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. The community is centred on Preston Lake, a natural glacier kettle lake, immediately north-east of the intersection of Bloomington Road and Woodbine Avenue, east of Highway 404, near Aurora.
The Preston Lake community has approximately 700 residents divided into three distinct sub-communities: The North Shore, the Association of North Shore Ratepayers (private gated community); Preston Lake Beach Club on the west shore (luxury estate properties); and the Preston Lake South Shore Property Owners Association (upper middle-class). These three distinct homeowner's associations form the Pride & Preston Lake Community Association, a not-for-profit corporation, consisting of three elected Directors (one from each residential shore - north, south, west), and an Executive Committee of volunteers, which includes a President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.
Preston Lake is home to numerous fish species, including Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead (Catfish), Pumpkinseed (Sunfish). The Ontario record for Largemouth Bass was caught by Mario Crysanthou of Willowdale in Preston Lake in August 1976; the fish weighed 10.43 pounds, and was 22 inches (560 mm) in length with a girth of 19.5 inches (500 mm).
Thanks mainly in part to the preservation of the lake by its residents (Lake Management Plan/Homeowner's Guide) and a Town by-law that prohibits the use of gasoline powered motorboats, the water of Preston Lake remains extremely clean and beaming with wildlife. Shoreline restoration funding is granted regularly by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. The fragile ecosystem, and further land use is now tightly restricted by the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act.
Use of the lake and its shorelines is regulated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in conjunction with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (including some funding for shoreline restoration); the Ministry of Natural Resources governs fishing regulations, town by-laws prohibit the use of power boats on the lake, and laws are enforced by the York Regional Police Marine Unit. While the resources of all levels of government are used for the regulation, protection and preservation of the lake, the entire perimeter of the lake is currently in private hands, and the homeowners in the sub-communities alone benefit from exclusive access rights to one of Whitchurch–Stouffville's most significant natural and recreational assets. It remains one of the premiere communities in all southern Ontario.
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