Service Disruption

Please note that the Algonquin Highlands Administrative Office at 1123 North Shore Road will be closed on Monday, July 1 for Canada Day, re-opening to the public at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2. The AH Trails Office will also be closed for Canada Day. 

Please note the Stanhope branch of the Haliburton County Public Library will be closed Wednesday, June 26 through Monday, July 1 while the concrete walkway outside the building is replaced. We thank residents for their patience. 

The Township of Algonquin Highlands is updating its Corporate Communications Plan in 2024, and you can be part of that process by taking a brief survey.

Please note that starting Monday, June 10, construction work is underway along Provincial Highway 35 between Carnarvon and Ox Narrows in a project with an anticipated end date of Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

Dorset area residents will notice a significant amount of cyclist traffic this weekend as the Huntsville-based Spin the Lakes Cycle Tour takes place on Saturday, May 25. A fundraiser for the Canadian Mental Health Association, hundreds of cyclists are registered to take part in this event, which features four routes, one of which passes directly through the hamlet of Dorset.

Please take note there will be a disruption to water services at the Algonquin Highlands municipal complex along North Shore Road and the Dorset Recreation Centre next weekend, between Friday, May 10 and Monday, May 13.

Please note that members of Algonquin Highlands Fire Services from Station 80 will be taking part in a training exercise on the runway at Stanhope Municipal Airport on the evening of Monday, April 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. The runway will be unavailable during this time and a NOTAM is being issued to aviators. 

Please note the Algonquin Highlands Administrative Office at 1123 North Shore Road will be closed on Friday, March 29 (Good Friday) and Monday, April 1 (Easter Monday). The office will re-open to the public at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2. The Algonquin Highlands Trails Office at 20130 Highway 35 North will also be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday.