Chats Falls finds friends at meeting

August 15, 2017

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The Friends of Chat Falls held their founding general meeting last Wednesday evening in Quyon, where they elected their board of directors. Maude Lambert and Joanne Kellerman, two founding members, led the first meeting, where aspirations and directives for the group were discussed.

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QUYON Aug. 9, 2017
The Friends of Chats Falls held their founding general meeting last Wednesday evening, where they welcomed new members and elected representatives for their cause.
The Salle Bert Kennedy Centre in Quyon played host to over 40 people gathered at 7 p.m., offering insight into the quiet area and what the group hopes to achieve for it.

Attendees were introduced to the Chats Falls area at the beginning of the evening, when a guided slideshow outlined the history and boundaries for the regions.
Originally a series of waterfalls that acted as a tourist attraction, a dam was completed in 1932, creating Lac des Chats reservoir. With other tragedies in the area, as well as general disinterest to the tourist population, the area grew quiet, even developing a ghost town.
Today, the Friends of Chats Falls are exploring new options for welcoming tourists, while teaching about the culture, history and nature that makes up the region. Hence, the creation of the group in order to fully spearhead a movement forward.
Together, the group of volunteers wishes to develop hiking trails with information panels dotted along, as well as the potential for tourists to make use of lookouts and canoe launches along the river. Their long-term goal includes a vision of connecting the PPJ across the river.
While still a bit shaky on their feet, the gathered members kept the official discussion to strictly business, as there was much work to get done. With acting president of the meeting Joanne Kellerman presiding over the affairs, the group learned of the by-laws, meeting dates, financial report and discussed the potential for divvying up specialized committees in the future.
Towards the end of the meeting, after the board of directors had been elected from amongst the group, a financial report was delivered. Peter Houghton proudly shared that $250 had been spent in total so far – including for the creation of membership cards, printed documents and a website.
“Tonight, we got over 30 memberships,” said Houghton, to much applause.

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