Welcome to Lake Sprague!
As detailed in The Picton Gazette, dated April 23, 2015, this water body in the Big Island Marsh was named in honour of Terry Sprague. Sprague is a retired columnist and naturalist. Alongside the naming of the lake, Sprague received an Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) Gold Quill Award for 50 years of service to the industry, a municipal certificate recognizing his achievements, and a $500 academic grant set up in his honour called the Terry Sprague Science and Nature Scholarship. Quinte Conservation's Terry Murphy was whom unveiled the naming of Lake Sprague. Murphy told Sprague he had an award for him but it was too big to bring with him; further explaining that Quinte Conservation has been spearheading efforts to improve the wetland habitat on the east marsh of Big Island; and that they named the lake after him. Murphy explains he was going to bring the sign, but it wouldn't fit in the back of his car! Sprague is now retired from his weekly column in the Picton Gazette and Napanee Beaver however he is still an avid hiker and is currently working on writing a book.
Take your time here, enjoy the view, leave nothing but footprints.