The warm and bright summer months are behind us as we move towards cooler autumn weather, but the outdoors still has much to offer! Visit Murphys Point and hike one of our many trails, ranging from 0.9 km to 8 km, and enjoy some beautiful fall foliage. Our mature forests are full of maples, beeches, and oaks that turn to lovely shades of red, orange and yellow in the fall. Come for a hike and surround yourself with a towering rainbow of leaves!
Murphys Point Provincial Park is open for day use and overnight camping until October 15.
Autumn is upon us and that means it’s time to organize for the Fall edition of the Lanark County Adopt-a-Road program with the Friends of Murphys Point! Want to spend some time outside helping Murphys Point and keeping the neighbourhood beautiful? We are seeking volunteers to help pick up litter and recyclables along the stretch of County Road 21 (Lally Road) from just before the Park entrance to the Group Camping area. Our Spring pick-up was a great success!
The event is slated to take place on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon, with a rain date of Sunday, Oct. 27. We do each side of the road, which is about 3.5 kilometres each way.
Park staff will be on hand to assist, and safety equipment will be available. Volunteers must sign a waiver for the County in order to participate. Please note, if you participated in the Spring, you don’t need to sign the waiver again – it remains valid for the duration of the program. Here is a link to the waiver: https://www.lanarkcounty.ca/en/roads-trails-and-transit/resources/Documents/Indemnity-Requirements.pdf
If you would like to help, please complete and return the waiver to us at friendsofmurphyspointpark@yahoo.ca by 4 p.m. on Oct. 24 so that we can forward it to the County. Volunteers will receive safety instructions prior to the pick up, including information about ticks. Equipment will be provided.
Please let us know if you would like to help out and we will provide more details about meet-up locations, etc. We’re excited to participate in the program and we hope you are, too!
We hope you can join us for a brief online Special General Meeting of the Friends of Murphys Point membership on Sept. 17. This meeting is required to approve bylaw amendments mandated through the new Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA), which came into effect on October 19, 2021 and provided a deadline for not-for-profits such as ours to review and update our governing documents by Oct. 18, 2024. Your Board of Directors has completed the review and approved the amended bylaws, which must now be endorsed by our membership.
The special meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Members who have a current paid membership can vote at the general meeting. If you need to renew your membership, please visit our Membership page. Once received, we will forward the meeting package and Zoom link to you.
Thank you in advance for your attention to this important business, and we look forward to seeing you on Sept. 17!
Friends of Murphys Point Park 