Trent Lakes
| Trent Lakes | |
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| Township (lower-tier) | |
| Township of Trent Lakes | |
Burleigh Falls
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 Trent Lakes
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| Coordinates: 44°40′N 78°26′W / 44.667°N 78.433°WCoordinates: 44°40′N 78°26′W / 44.667°N 78.433°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Peterborough |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Mayor | Bev Matthews |
| • Federal riding | Peterborough-Kawartha |
| • Prov. riding | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock |
| Area | |
| • Land | 860.26 km2 (332.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,105 |
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | K0L |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Website | www.trentlakes.ca |
Trent Lakes is a township in the rural, mostly wooded northern section of Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
The municipality was formed in 1998 as Galway-Cavendish and Harvey Township through an amalgamation of the township of Galway & Cavendish and the township of Harvey.
On February 19, 2013, the municipal council passed a bylaw to change the name of the township to the Municipality of Trent Lakes.
The municipality comprises the communities of Buckhorn, Buckhorn Lake Estates, Burleigh Falls, Catchacoma, Crystal Lake, Ewan, Flynns, Fortescue, Kawartha Hideaway, Lakehurst, Mississauga Landing, Mount Irwin, Nogies Creek, Oak Shores Estates, Point Pleasant, Rockcroft and Sugar Bush.
Trent Lakes is home to Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, which is set around Catchacoma Lake and Mississauga Lake. A 37587.00 ha Natural Environment Park permitting "backcountry" camping and primarily a water access only interior. Three violent summer wind storms have hit this area doing damage to property and forest, one in 1927, then 1995 and in 2006. The area is also a popular cottaging and recreational area.
Trent Lakes consists mostly of Precambrian Shield, dating from 600 to 1200 million years. The granite is normally pink but interlaced with other colours of white and black as one heads north. These areas are primarily "Igneous" granite which was subject to intense heat and pressure during the movement of the Earth's crust. The changes took place as the rock mixed with other elements in the Earth's crust. The mixture is mostly with black and white marble. The region also has sections of Limestone Flats. When the lakes that covered most of Lake Ontario dried up some 450 million years ago the lake sediments hardened and lifted to form a top layer of limestone over the area. With the ice age small glaciers left a thin layer of soil. The area around what is known as Flynn's Turn (intersection of Peterborough County Road 36 and Country Road 507) is a prime example of a limestone flat.
On highway 49 you can see the evidence of what is called a Limestone Ridge ("Ordovician strata". This same ridge extends to Lower Buckhorn Lake and the erosion on the northern edge has created a scarp (or steep cliff) some 30 meters high in areas.
Sandy Lake and the beach area has a unique soft turquoise colour. This is a white "marl" lake bottom and is spring fed. Surrounded by a limestone karst runoff enters into the lake with very little organic material and this contributes to the unique greenish-blue colouration. The marl bottom is extremely soft and rich with minerals.
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