This is the official site of Pickerel Lake Homeowners who are opposed to putting an RV Park and Campground on our small Lake.
How Can I help
By Signing our petition to stop development.
About
Pickerel Lake is a quaint, quiet, Northern Minnesota lake and is designated as Residential. It is 9 miles north of Park Rapids and 2 miles south of Emmaville.
Currently there are less than 80 lakefront properties with 60 docks. The proposed RV park would add 45+ RV spots and another 30 docks.
The recommended water usage for a lake in Minnesota is 1 motorized boat per 20 acres, which means this 314 acre lake can only support 15.7 boats on it at any one time.
Allowing this RV park to be built would not only be bad for the lake but dangerous for the residents.
Blog
We are getting the Site Plan Reviewed
If anyone wants to help with the cost to get the Site Plan Reviewed, you can Venmo @Tammi-Soehl It costs $1,000 for the review and we are looking for 20 people to chip in $50, but anything helps! Thanks everyone!
549 Dump Truck loads will be removed!!!
In the Variance Application filed on 09/25/23 it states that they will be cutting 8,672.04 cubic feet of dirt and filling in 3,185.46 cubic feet. Which means they are planning on removing 5,486.58 cubic feet of dirt. If they use a 10 cubic feed dump truck, that is 549 Dump Truck Loads. FIVE HUNDRED FOURTY …
60 Docks vs 90 Docks
A lot of people might not get the impact of adding 30 docks to the lake of this size so I created a visual representation of the impact on our lake. This is what the lake looks like now with the Proposed RV Park highlighted. Note that these 60 docks all have the same share …
Contact
For more information or to get on the email list, email: Curt.Soehl@gmail.com
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