Dear friends, the health of our communities depends upon a healthy environment, surroundings and nature that we can avail of. Simon Lake, Mud Lake and McCharles lakes are three beautiful, connected lakes in the Walden area of Greater Sudbury. All three are seasonally unusable due to an excess of non-toxic green algae.

Simon Lake has a beautiful community park that becomes unusable in June-September as the algae make water access impossible and the rotting algae can occasionally emit a foul odour. We are requesting donations and support for the purchase of an algal skimmer to harvest algae. The algae can then be composted or transferred to industrial mining tailings ponds to remediate mining waste.
Typical algal harvesters cost between $80000-$120000 USD.

It is a win-win situation for the residents of Walden, the three lakes and the broader community to have these great, public aquascapes available for recreation through the summer.