About Us

Friends of the Lake Front (FOLF) together with the Sunnyside Poulsen's Pasture Community Association (SSPPCA), Ponoka County, Westlake Society, and the Summer Village of Parkland Beach (SVPB) have worked towards building and enhancing the waterfront and beach area along the Northwest side of Gull Lake, Alberta. 

Accomplishments

  • Applied for Grant Funding
  • Installed a new North washroom
  • Renovated and redesigned the South washroom 
  • Installed a new playground on the beach
  • Installed new, safer sand under the playground 
  • Added a sandbox area to the beach
  • Added new sand to volleyball and beach area
  • Filled in low lying grass areas from washouts
  • Hired Tagish Engineering to create a Site Plan for dredging of the swim area, and enhancements to the Parkland Beach water front property

Funding 

  • Ponoka County 
  • SSPPCA
  • Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP)
  • Individual Community Donors

Goals

  • To enhance the swim area by the dredging of the beach and building a jetty to protect the washout of the area
  • maintain the North jetty with boat launch for the public
  • develop more shade areas on the south side of the beach
  • canoe launch on the south side of the beach
  • pathway maintenance and development
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