Caribou Lake enthusiasts and Amazon patrons, you can make a difference for our lake while you shop by using smile.amazon.com linked to the Caribou Lake Association Inc. charity. I know that my Amazon ordering has increased during these uncertain pandemic times and it is a good time to remind everyone to use smile.amazon.com to support our lake.
We had an issue with the harvester where a rock cracked the hydraulic
tank and caused water to fill the tank. We patched the tank and flushed
the water out and were able to get several more days of use. However the
tank is taking on water again so we will be shutting down for the
season. I have contacted Equipment Rental, a company that does welding
and hydraulic work, to check out the machine, make necessary repairs,
flush and fill the hydraulic system, so we are ready for next season.
Most of the lake is in good shape, weed wise, but we would have liked to
make one more pass around the lake before the season ended, but with an
oil leak we don’t want to jeopardize the machine or the lake.
Tom Marchand
Caribou Lake Association has got an addition to our family of volunteers!
Carrie Romundstad is our new website editor.
Carrie is passionate about community involvement and has all necessary attributes to make our website a more engaging and informative tool.
Welcome Carrie and thank you for volunteering!
Dear Caribou Lake property owners,
Happy July 4th and please take a part in the annual boat parade on our lake.
CLA officers.
Please take a look at photos from 4th of July Boat Parade 2020, organized by Rosie and Les Adophlson. Continue reading
Dear Caribou Lake property owners,
Please review our latest newsletter and fill out membership form. Just a reminder that we will have virtual meeting this year through Zoom application. All details are in the newsletter. Please join our association this year!
Our great country is experiencing very difficult times with a lot of unknown laying ahead. American people has proved to be an adventurous, strong and capable nation through out the centuries. There is no doubt that we will prevail in this battle with coronavirus epidemic though sacrifices could be great.
Caribou Lake Association is planning to have summer weed harvesting season as long as it would be permitted by county (DNR) and state (governor) authorities due to “stay at home” order. Association has valid DNR permit from 6/10/20 through 9/1/20.
Situation is being monitored daily and as of now we cannot predict with certainty what happens in our country, state, county in two weeks, let alone two months in relation to coronavirus epidemic spread.
Newsletter will be mailed as usual around middle of May 2020. As a precaution against spread of infection CLA officers opted out of having a physical annual meeting; we are planning to have a virtual one, which our web administrator Jeff Charnes will help to launch.
While safety and observance of the “stay at home” governor’s order is very important we should not forget about our neighbors who might need help with grocery shopping, etc.. Numerous examples of goodwill and kindness toward each other has been already displayed by association members and we are sure this trend will continue.
At the conclusion please refer to the Research link, which is actually PDF file, courtesy of medRxiv; you will find how long virus could survive on different surfaces, at what temperature, etc. All values are given in Metric System.
Stay safe and healthy!
CLA officers.
Dear Caribou Lake area residents,
CLA team wishes you a Happy Valentine Day.
Lots of Love, Light, Happiness and Peace!
CLA president Tom Marchand have been in contact with the MN DNR dealing with our weed permit for 2020 and requested the same cut map as in the past. The thought was, harvest the same area and see if there is a real difference in the regrowth of our lake weeds. Keven Martini of the DNR agreed and has issued us the permit for 2020. The permit is active from June 10th to September 1st 2020.
Think Spring
Dear guests of Caribou Lake,
Proctor & Hermantown Community Education in collaboration with Catching Adventures brought to you an opportunity to experience an ice fishing. Please refer to a document 
and to register call: 218.628.6293 or visit: ph.ce.eleyo.com
Caribou Lake Association kindly asks our guests, ice fishermen, not to block mailboxes, when parking on streets, adjacent to the public landings and not to trespass through private lake owners’ properties to get access to the lake. We want everybody to enjoy our beautiful lake and hope that the lake visitors will respect property owners rights as well. Thank you and enjoy ice fishing season!
CLA commitee
Holiday Greetings to all Caribou Lake property owners and their families!
Today is official start of the Winter and weather is cooperating giving us a reprieve from a lot of snow and brutal cold of recent weeks.
Holiday season is upon us. It is also a season of giving and CLA is especially grateful to all our great members and friends, who made the purchase and operation of our new Eco Harvester a success, donating their funds and hours of hard work!
Two young people operated Eco Harvester on a contract base for approximately 240 hours . A few volunteers donated their time and efforts to run it on as needed basis. Special thanks to our wonderful member Cory Garden and his young sons from Shady Lane, who donated 17 hours fixing broken wires, 28 hours operating the harvester, 35 gallons of gas and hauled harvested weeds to the nearest pit. Many thanks to Tom Marchand, CLA president for coordinating and overseeing weed harvesting efforts; Paul Manns, Jeff Charnes, Jowain and Larry Wallin for operating the harvester and hauling weeds to the pit all summer long! Detailed information about first year of Eco Harvester operation will be included in Spring 2020 newsletter.
Cory fixes Eco Harvester
Happy Holidays – Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year – to all and the best wishes in 2020!
CLA officers.
Though it is difficult to believe that Spring will be coming anytime soon, especially feeling all this Artic air coming through, CLA is ready to go!