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With the amalgamation of Southampton in 1999 with the Town of Port Elgin and Saugeen Township under the banner of Saugeen Shores, many Southampton residents have become concerned that the qualities which set Southampton apart as a uniquely small-town, lakeside community will disappear.Increased residential and commercial development, combined with the lack of sympathetic municipal planning, has raised further concerns about the type of dwellings being constructed in the place of old-style buildings and changing the streetscape of the town.The Southampton Beach and Property Owners' Association was created in 2002 to address these concerns by combining the former Southampton Beach Association and the former Southampton Property Owners' Association (SPOA). The combined Association was susequently renamed the Southampton Residents' Association to better reflect its objectives and mission.Together now, with a larger and stronger membership, the group's goal is to work toward finding positive solutions with town council and other community groups to maintain what is special about Southampton but is increasingly at risk
We have a saying about the weather in Tobermory 'If you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes'!Our unique position on the globe (at 45 degrees latitude, or halfway between the equator and the north pole) and our proximity to large masses of water result in two major weather systems converging here. A southwest system brings warm, moist air. The other from the northwest carries dry, cold air. Unsettled weather is usually followed by another system pushing it out quickly.Other areas at this latitude experience extreme weather conditions - hot dry summers and cold, snowy winters. But due to our position between the two large bodies of water of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, we enjoy a much more moderate climate.