Summer Villages are an institution in Alberta, nearly as old as the province itself. Traditionally evolved from cottage summer resort areas where seasonal residents wanted a role in local government or were dissatisfied with the level of service and taxation provided by their local municipality. There are now five Summer Villages on Sylvan Lake, Birchcliff (1972), Half Moon Bay (1978), Jarvis Bay (1986), Norglenwold (1965) and Sunbreaker Cove (1991) all sharing an administration office since 1991. Your Summer Village maintains bylaws to protect the watershed, water quality, bank and shoreline, flora and fauna of the natural setting in which we live. Lake access for near lake residents is via road allowances and environment open spaces which are to be left in their natural state.
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FIRE BAN NOTICE: August 9, 2018
A Fire Ban has been issued for all five Summer Villages.
Due to the extreme dry, hot conditions, Sylvan Summer Villages has issued a Fire Ban.
Due to the extreme dry, hot conditions, Sylvan Summer Villages has issued a Fire Ban.
- No burning barrels are permitted under this ban.
- Gas/propane stoves, barbeques, and portable propane fire pits are permitted, but must be attended at all times.
- Any outdoor fires, including campfires, presently burning within the Summer Villages must be extinguished immediately.
- The ignition of all outdoor fires within the boundaries of Summer Villages are hereby prohibited.
- Fires which are contained within cooking and heating appliances and which are fueled by fluids, gases, charcoal briquettes, or wood pellets
- Propane-fueled fire pits.
