Darling White Lake Centre: Shrove Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Shrove Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Did you know?

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day or Mardi Gras, is the final day before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins (Ash Wednesday), celebrated with feasting and revelry to use up rich foods like eggs, butter, and sugar before 40 days of abstinence leading up to Easter. The name "Shrove" comes from "shrive", meaning to confess sins, as it was historically a day for Christians to confess and seek absolution before the penitential Lenten period. People eat pancakes (Pancake Day) or party (Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday) to use up these ingredients and say goodbye to indulgences.

Well you won't have to confess your sins, but there may be a bit of revelry and last minute indulgence at the Centre's upcoming Pancake Day. See you there. (And don't forget to RSVP to darlingwhitelakecentre@gmail.com.)

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Rentals

The Darling White Lake Centre is available to rent for special events, meetings, family get-togethers, small commercial activities, and so on. The following facility user fee schedule applies.

Rentals

For private (i.e. not open to the public) or commercial events not requiring the use of the kitchen, the fee is $100 per calendar day (or part). The rental fee is $150 per calendar day (or part) if the kitchen facilities will be used in support of the event. For any event expecting more than 60 attendees the rental fee will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

All rental applications must also include a $500 damage deposit to be applied to any damage and/or additional cleaning of the Centre resulting from the rental.

Prior approval of the Executive Committee is required for any rentals. The rental fee and damage deposit must accompany any application and can be tendered in cash, by cheque, or via etransfer to DarlingWhiteLakeCentre@gmail.com.

NOTE: If alcohol is to be served/available at the event, the renter MUST obtain a Special Occasions Permit (here) and provide a copy to the Executive Committee no later than 1 week prior to the event. Failure to do so will result in the reservation being cancelled. Both the approved Rental Application and the SOP must be posted at the Centre during the event.

For a copy of the Rental Application, click here. To see photos of the main room and kitchen, click here.

Public activities

Community events that are open to the public, such as euchre, yoga, coffee hub, general meetings, etc. are charged $2 per person per event.

The Centre is to be left in a clean condition with all interior and exterior elements in the same condition as they were found. Should that not occur additional cleaning and/or damage charges may be levied.

The organizer(s) of any public event/activity must complete a DWLC User Agreement prior to commencing any such activity. For a copy of the User Agreement, click here.

Executive Committee

The Darling White Lake Centre (DWLC, or "the Centre") is owned by the Township of Lanark Highlands and is managed by an Executive Committee consisting of volunteers from the local community.

The Committee operates under By-Law 2023-1853 (here) and in accordance with the policies and procedures contained within its Operating Guidelines (here).

Current members of the Executive Committee are:
Brian Cairns, President
Brian Needham, Vice-president
Patrick Kelly, Treasurer
Brenda Guiney
Karen Cairns
Larry Paquette
Jacqueline Cairns
Sandy Geier

The Executive Committee meets on a regular basis. The meetings are posted on the Centre's calendar, and are open to the public. Minutes of past meetings are available here.

Any member of the Executive Committee can be reached at: DarlingWhiteLakeCentre@gmail.com.

Events Calendar

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Shrove Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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