Thanks to the 2011 donors for funding the weed control of our Barbee Chain! Check them out in the Donors section.

 

As of 1/25/12 Irish was too hard for the geese and not hard enough for the ice fishing folks!

 

 

 

Challenges for 2012

 

For those of you that weren't at the lakes in the fall timeframe guess what is back? Our old nemesis, Eurasian Millfoil. Our weed guru says it grew from 15 acres in mid August to 125 acres in latter part of October. They will be waiting for our 2012 treatments.

 

 

Barbee Lakes 

The Barbee Lakes chain is composed of seven interconnected, natural lakes situated west of North Webster, Indiana. The lakes include Kuhn, Big Barbee, Little Barbee, Irish, Banning, Sawmill and Sechrist. They are interconnected by Grassy Creek which extends upstream from the chain to Ridinger Lake and downstream to Lake Tippecanoe. The lakes’ watershed stretches southeast into Whitley County, encompassing approximately 33,150 acres or 52 square miles.

The Barbee Lakes and their watershed formed during the most recent glacial retreat of the Pleistocene era. In Whitley and Kosciusko counties, the receding glacier left a nearly level topography dotted with a network of lakes, wetlands and drainages. If you want to find out what the chain looked like in 1900, check this out.

The Barbee Lakes Property Owner's Association (BLPOA) is a group of property owners and visitors that work to coordinate efforts to sustain the lakes as we know them.

To display water levels in our area the closest USGS guages are at north webster and oswego.

Water clarity directly relates to home prices so these lake care recommendations are key. For more info please read me.

 

12 ways to be lake friendly.

 

Keep current on the Barbee lakes activities and issues.

 

We will attempt to keep you as current as possible with this website. It will complement the newsletter which we publish in the first quarter of each year and when needed after that. 

We will also have monthly meetings at the North Webster Community Center on the third Saturday of the month starting March thru October. 

 

To contact the BLPOA we are providing a mail address and a 'contact us' email for your convenience. 

BLPOA

PO Box 175

North Webster, IN

                                                                  

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