Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Five Island Lake Community Liaison Committee

In 1994, the Department of Environment sent local residents in the Five Island Lake area a letter breaking the news that PCBs and heavy metals had been found in the sediments of Five Island Lake and also in fish caught in a number of local lakes. Residents were understandably perturbed, and after a very well-attended community meeting, the Five Island Lake Community Liaison Committee (FILCLC) was formed in response to an invitation from the provincial government. FILCLC includes both residents and representatives of the provincial government and is co-chaired by a resident and a staff person from the NS Department of Environment and Labour.

The mandate of the Committee is to

  • help the community and government exchange information and discuss concerns
  • work with government to develop a remediation plan that is environmentally sound, technically viable and acceptable to the community.

The eleven original citizen representatives were appointed by local homeowner associations or otherwise represented different sections of the Five Island Lake area. Six of these representatives still serve on the committee, ten years later:

  • Richmond Campbell, a Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University and a resident of Cambrians Cove
  • John Hoyt, co-chair, a resident of Three Brooks and a chartered accountant
  • John Jardine, a realtor and resident with waterfront property in Five Island Lake
  • Danny LeBlanc, a press operator and resident of Sheldrake Lake
  • Joyce Milley, a research chemist living near Hubley Lake Road
  • Wayne Nicholson, a teacher at Nova Scotia Community College and a resident with waterfront property on Five Island Lake.

In the nine years since its inception, FILCLC has met nearly 60 times, sponsored four community meetings and published thirteen newsletters. The newsletters are distributed to approximately 2,000 homes and businesses.


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