This article was provided by the CHA.
One of my fondest and most vivid memories growing up in Haliburton County was the night sky. Like so many kids, we spent hours lying on the dock gazing at the stars while contemplating the universe and the meaning of life.
Of course, we still do that today and it is still amazing. However, while I’ve always struggled to repress my uneasiness over sharing the dock with an unknown number of spiders, these days I also struggle to ignore the piercing glare of dozens of LED lights around the lake’s perimeter.
During this year’s Perseid Meteor Shower, the celestial highlight of the summer season, I was out in the middle of the lake to enjoy the show from my canoe, and honestly, the number of artificial lights on the water’s edge made my heart sink.
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