Welcome to Little Gull Marina!

The snow has finally arrived in a grand fashion. Although, we have received far less than our neighbours to the near north we still have received enough to start us practicing how to move it again. Unfortunately, with no frost in the ground yet it has been a little difficult to move snow without giving the laneways a good scraping as well. Without the cold weather first this means that the new white blanket is holding the heat for the swamps etc. to make it impossible for groomers to get out and start working on the trails. All clubs in this area are requesting that everyone stay off the trails as they are definitely not safe yet. There has been lots going on at the Cavendish Community Center in the last month or so. The ball diamond has been fenced in, the ice pad has all new boards and curb to help keep the ice in when the temps are not co-operating and a new state of the art playground has been installed. It looks great and beckons to be used by everyone. The main lakes are still open so needless to say unless you still have a boat that you are shovelling out then it is a good idea to stay off of them for a while. Have a great week!

Ahem, apparently I have been remiss in keeping up with the site!! It has been a very busy month with trying to finish up putting all the boats to bed. They just kept coming and coming which wasn’t a bad thing it just kept us hopping as the days and the water level just kept getting shorter. The weather hasn’t been terribly bad considering it is Novermber. The second week was unbelievably gorgeous and warm. It was the first time in years that I can remember not seeing snow or ice that week. Our water level has risen a little bit in the past week but that is largely due to all the water above us draining down. There is still a few boats running around with contractors trying to get in every day they can before the lake starts to freeze. To all our friends and customers south of the border, Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope everyone is enjoying the fall and lack of snow so far considering the west has been getting their share of precipitation. Apparently, the big fellow in the red suit is due in the next few weeks so if there is something we can help you find for the boater/sledder/atver in the family just give Sally a call and we can help you put that under the tree. Have a great week!

Halloween was here and then it was gone. The water was here and then it was gone! Even with the torrential downpours of Friday night the water level is a tad on the low side. Needless to say I haven’t been back because the weather person has kept us very busy trying to put all the toys to bed. Trying to keep them dry, happy and content(boats and employees) has been a challenge the last few weeks but we have perservered and I think we are definitely the winning team in the home-stretch!! We are now in to November hours and that means 9-4 Monday to Saturday(we are still working just not dealing with phones or drive-bys!) This ensures we get the rest of the boats to bed in time and as it now will be dark by 5-ish we need to make sure we can run un-interrupted for a few minutes each day to succeed!!We are closed Sundays until the Snowmobile club says the trails are officially open. We are also closed the week of Nov.9-13th for inventory and year end stuff! Today was an absolutely gorgeous day out on the water with a shallow draft boat. The critters are everywhere. Deer standing on the shoreline, loons grouching about their end of summer and the muskrats busy building winter homes. It is a great time of year up here but Saturday’s weather made it seem like a good day to watch the fire and see the leaves blow by! We just take the good days with the less than good days and consider ourselves lucky to enjoy them from here as opposed to the alternative. Have a great week and well you know the routine, I will be back when the time comes!