Lake Water Quality 2006 Report - Lakefield Herald

Burleigh fallsThe cataracts effectively divide the lakes into 3 distinct regions, which we can defineas Upper, Central, and Lower. Each region has characteristics distinct from theothers, and to a large extent, like the lakes of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, each lake isunique and distinct from the others as well. Each such section happens to contain 3main basins or sheets of water, each of which may be comprised of a number of subbasins,with the number three figuring prominently once again.The vegetation in the area is unique as well, as southern species meet northernspecies, and many tree species from either range can be found growing side by sidehere. Southern species like Butternut, Red Cedar and White Oak are plentiful alongthe Kawartha Lakes, but cannot be found more than a few kilometers north.Kevin Walters, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., is a KLSA Board member and an engineer at Dillon Consulting inToronto. This essay is part of a larger document he has been researching and writing forsome time on the physical history of the Kawartha Lakes.17