Palette Lake is located in Chaffey Township, formerly known as the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Chaffey, on Lot 13 and part Lot 14 Concession 12 with the southern tip located on the northern portion of Lot 13 Concession 11. It is situated between North Waseosa Lake Road to the south, Hunts Road to the east and Ripple/Palette Lake Road to the west. Palette Lake is home to thirty-nine developed properties. Palette Lake has no public access. It is replenished through numerous springs in and around the lake and by two small tributaries from the hills to the southeast. Palette Lake continuously feeds water to Ripple Lake, its neighbour to the west.
It was in 1879 that James Jacob and Mary Ann Jessop acquired Lots 13 and 14 Concession 12, Chaffey Township. From 1883 to 1924, these properties changed hands a number of times ending up being owned by Mary Ellen Dignam. In 1925 Dignam began to sever pieces of her property. Presently, Palette Lake, which touches part of Lots 13 and 14 is now divided into 41 waterfront properties.
Spring fed Palette Lake is fourty acres (sixteen hectares) in size and approximately fourty-five feet deep at its deepest point. Its shape, like a painter's palette, is where it got its name. According to the Crown Land Registry at MNR, Peterborough, ON, Palette Lake was so named following a request from residents on the lake. Prior to this, Palette Lake was locally known as Round Lake.
In 1941 our grandfather, W.G.L. Hunt, acquired the E1/2 of the W1/2 of Lot 14 Conc. 12 Chaffey Township from a member of the Norton family. He registered the property in his daughter's name and divided the 25 acres among his children. In the mid-sixties it was learned that none of the properties were on waterfront, seven of which had already been developed. In 1968 the Hunt family secured the W1/2 of the W1/2 of Lot 14 Conc. 12 from the Craven family estate. From this now 50-acre parcel of land, the Hunt family created subdivision registered as Plan 35 R-2199. Today there are nineteen developed properties and nine undeveloped properties accessed via private road, Hunts Road.
Some of the former property owners/residents that I recall since acquiring my property on Palette Lake are
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Onufrey and Violet Hunt |
Ormal and Lorraine Pitter |
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Laurence and Elsie Hunt |
Viola Hunt |
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Jack and Martha Sturch |
Arthur and Hazel Nagels |
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Harold and Evelyn Rayment |
Kresimir and Patricia Bilajac |
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Herbert and Marjorie Simpson |
Gordon Mackay |
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Albert and Grace Hunt |
Gary and Kelly Simioni |
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George and Gertrude Hunt |
Alphonse and Marilyn Lessard |
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David and Bernice Pendzay |
David and Evelyn Kenny |
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John and Lilian Hunt |
Bill Bolger |
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Wallace and Sheila Fletcher |
Alison Warren |
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Malcolm Goodwin |
David and Roxanne Logan |
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Robert and Beverly McFarlane |
Charlene Pond |
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Jack High |
Dennis and Sarah McDonald |
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Brent and Freda Healey |
Ken Appleton |
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Frank and Barb Lefeuvre |
Robert and Susan Oling |
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Jack Clarke |
Evelyn Wolff |
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Joe Closs |
Frank and Ziggy Schaly |
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Tom McCarthy and Gayla McDonald |
Martin Geunther |
Who do you remember?
Bill Somers, Treasurer
Lake Waseosa Ratepayers Association.