Welcome to Buckhorn Lake Estates Community Association

We of the Buckhorn Lake Estates Community Association (BLECA) are a group of home owners in the rural community of Buckhorn Lake Estates, Lakehurst Ontario.  We are a community of approximately 100 home owners and are located just west of the beautiful hamlet of Buckhorn, Ontario.

The community of Buckhorn Lake Estates is a welcoming community with a mixed demographic. There are families with young children, families with teenagers, empty nesters, retired folks, cottage owners and year round permanent residents. Our community of about 100 homes is located on the north shore of Buckhorn Lake, 10 km west of the hamlet of Buckhorn, Ontario and close to Gannons Narrows and Sandy Beach, between Buckhorn and Ennismore.

In our rural community approximately 15 properties are waterfront.  Many homes have leased dock space at our community dock area which includes a private boat launch and dedicated picnic area. Even if you don’t have a dock, as a member of the association you can purchase a key for the boat launch and use it at your leisure.

BLECA is the name of our community homeowners’ association run by volunteers.  BLECA’s purpose is to bring together the home owners for the purposes of:

1. Social gatherings via community events such as BBQs, special daytime Hallowe’en trick-or-treat for little kids and activities such as casual golf tournaments
2. We meet twice a year as an association to discuss events that affect our community. Items such as road maintenance, drinking water system that is maintained by the Trent Lakes municipality, discuss dock setup/maintenance program, etc.
3. To organize the dock access program for non-waterfront homes on the land the township allows our community to use (note: docks are not deeded to homes, the Trent Lakes municipality owns the waterfront land and BLECA is allowed to use the land as long as we maintain it)
4. To organize any maintenance required for our community resources such as the boat launch and annual weed removal program
5. To organize a spring roadside cleanup initiative
6. Maintain the bulletin board and book sharing storage case at our community mailboxes
7. Encourage and support other community related activities that may arise

– REMINDERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS –

Buckhorn Lake Estates is in the municipality of Trent Lakes.
Here are the most common inquires residents have on water and yard fires.

OUR SHARED WELL WATER SYSTEM

Watering of lawns and gardens may be done between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. and again between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

** For property numbers 1-100 watering of lawns and gardens may be done on even-numbered days.

** For property numbers 101-200 watering of lawns and gardens many be done on odd-numbered days.

Summer Water Restrictions – Trent Lakes Township

BRUSH BURNING

– OUR MISSION –

This is a general description of the purpose, activities and responsibilities of the Buckhorn Lake Estates Community Association (BLECA). The Association represents its members as a liaison with various government bodies, including the Municipality of Trent Lakes, the Ontario Clean Water Agency which operates the community water system, Parks Canada and Trent Severn Waterways, and other Provincial and Federal bodies as appropriate. One major responsibility of the Association is to maintain the waterfront property and building under the terms of the lease in place with the Municipality of Trent Lakes. Annual fees are levied to support activities in this area including payment for public liability insurance required by the Municipality. The BLECA Board of Directors has responsibility to carry out these activities on behalf of the membership.