Star Lake Cottager's Website
(Last update, Sept. 17, 2026)
Autumn 2026 Update
Summer's over, but there's still lots to enjoy before winter sets in. Blueberries are done, but mushrooms are popping up. The changing leaves make for beautiful scenery and crisp evenings are great for bonfires.
And with fall and hunting seasons approaching hunters will have to review the newly updated "No Hunting Areas - Whiteshell Provincial Park" map. Much of the area and trails south of Star Lake are now OFF-LIMITS for hunting. There's a link to the map in the Hunting Safety page.
Check out the recent updates on the Events and Issues page.
Welcome to the Star Lake Cottager's Website
Hi, I'm Doug Collicutt. I've been a "Star Laker" most of my life and a cottage owner since 1992. NatureNorth.com is my personal website about nature in Manitoba. In the wake of Parks' CLISS proposal (see below) I decided to start up a Star Lake website to be a permanent archive of all things "Star Lake".
Star Lake Cottagers Face Book Page is a great resource for updates, too! This site let folks post and discuss events and issues in a day-to-day manner, and I encourage you to take advantage of it.
This site, however, will be a permanent home for basic information about Star Lake and our region of Whiteshell Provincial Park, and a clearinghouse for information regarding current events and issues that affect us all.
Manitoba Parks' "Commercial Light Industry Storage Sites" proposal (rejected by Star Lake cottagers!) made it clear that we need a permanent online presence to learn about, discuss and rally support if needed, regarding proposed development and management issues around Star Lake. We need to stand on guard for our piece of Whiteshell Provincial Park!
(CLISS information is archived at this link.)
ALWAYS REMEMBER, WE OWN THE PARK! Provincial Parks belong to all Manitobans. We hold elections to decide which people will work for us to maintain and advance our society. We trust our elected representatives to set up and maintain a branch of government to steward our parks. The staff of Parks Branch are there to serve us. They are our trusted stewards, managers and custodians, but park users are the park owners. And it's incumbent on us all to stay informed concerning the management of our parks. We should do what we can to work with Parks' staff, but we should never be reluctant to question them regarding any issue and to demand answers to our questions and concerns. And we deserve the courtesy of being consulted regarding all matters that effect us. That's what this website is about, sharing information, so we can all work to maintain and improve our parks. (Just my personal philosophy on democracy as it applies to parks. Doug C.)
Your Input
I certainly don't claim to know everything about Star Lake and all the issues that we face. I'm trying to track down all pertinent information and will post things as I find them. But I want and need your help. If you have information you think should be available here, please send it along. (There will be email links for submissions on the Information and Events/Issues pages.)
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Contact Group - Stay Connected!
I have removed the email contact group owing to issues with the MyMts.net email platform. Most folks use the Star Lake Cottagers Face Book page (listed above) to stay in touch these days and I think that is a better platform to get information to folks quickly. I will continue to post on the website and use Face Book to give folks notices of updates I've loaded to the web site. You can still contact me via email at my new address:
The annoying ad below just lets me keep track of how much traffic this page receives.
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