Dog policy

We recently visited Lake Country. While our primary purpose was to visit with our son, we also wanted to spend some time in your local parks along the lake shore. After arriving, we were very disappointed about two aspects of your community.

The first relates to your pet policy in the local parks. We had planned to spend the day at Kayola Park, boating, and picnicking with a group of friends.  When we arrived, we were very disappointed to find out that dogs are not welcome in any of your regional parks. (We checked with the parks keepers who were on site). As a tourist, I travel with my old dog.

We are respectful pet owners, and have our dog under our control at all times. We were concerned that we would have to leave our dog in the car as a result of your pet policy. It was particularly frustrating noting that the goose poop in the park was far worse than any dog or owner would ever leave behind.
 
Secondly, we were also disappointed to find out that there is only one public boat launch in the vicinity. Being that you have 4 surrounding lakes, doesn’t it make sense to have at least a couple of public accessible boat launches? In the end, we had to launch off the beach on the Oyama side of Wood Lake. This was not ideal, as the water is very shallow, and I’m sure that it is not an environmentally sustainable proposition launching off the beach.
 
Lake Country is a beautiful area, but our experience was less than desirable with the issues we encountered.

Charlene Wallis