Lakes

Our 6 Lakes includes Baby, Kerr, Kid, Lost, Man, & McKeown Lakes in the Association. The lakes are contained in the McKeown Watershed, a tributary of the Boy River in Cass County, Minnesota. In 1991, the lake association was officially formed with 5 lakes and Kerr Lake joined in 1996.

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IN CASE OF A SERIOUS HEALTH EMERGENCY, KNOW YOUR OPTIONS
by Lois Anderson
While we all hope this never happens, it is good to know what to do if a friend or family member
suffers a life threatening emergency while at the lake.
Thanks to several of our neighbors, we now have an additional potentially life saving air ambulance
option. Previously, if an air evacuation was deemed necessary, air landing pads were not close to many
of our lake homes. We now have a pilot approved helicopter landing pad on Buxton Road between
46th St NW and the T at Barnum.
Currently, an ambulance can get a patient to a local hospital in about an hour: Brainerd, Park Rapids,
or Bemidji. If you need to call 911 for someone, the EMTs and ambulance drivers will determine if
faster transport is medically necessary. If so, they will call in a helicopter. Currently air services from
Fargo (Sanford), Duluth and North Memorial are aware of our new landing site. It is on air service
maps. Some ambulance drivers are aware of this helicopter option but perhaps not all, so it might be
helpful if you and your family take a drive by the site so you are aware of where it is in case of an
emergency.
The Buxton Road Landing Site began as people on Barnum Lake became concerned about the lack
of access for helicopters near our lakes. Mark Poppendock of the Nordheim Association did research on
what was needed and asked pilots from several air ambulance services to help select a site. Because of
our extensive tree cover there were not many possibilities. Mark contacted Tim Anderson, a Man Lake
property owner, about a clearing on land Tim owned on Buxton Road. Two years ago, Tim began
improving the clearing to make it appropriate for a landing site. Fortunately, Tim owns heavy earth
moving equipment which he had been using to make ski trails for his family. He spent 3-4 days taking
down trees, moving rocks and grading the area. A pilot from North Memorial came up and approved
the site.
The landing pad is now equipped with hockey puck sized landing lights, in a white canister on the site with a twist off top. They enable a night landing. They are magnetic and will be placed by
ambulance drivers or any one available to help on red stakes flagged at the site. In winter weather Tim
will groom the snow with his ski trail equipment to pack it down. Be aware that if weather is stormy a
helicopter will not be able to land. The ambulance staff and helicopter pilot will make that call. Also be
aware that if the helicopter arrives and the patient no longer needs an air evacuation there is no charge
for the helicopter service. It will be logged as a training flight.
Barnum Lake owners and the Nordheim Association have already held meetings at the site to
familiarize themselves with it. Several of the air ambulance pilots have visited. We are fortunate that
we now have a potentially life saving site close to some of our lakes, given our aging population and
our distance from hospitals.
Our thanks to Mark Poppendock and Tim Anderson for making our lakes community safer.

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Click on the link for the lake management plan for our 6 lakes.

Lake Management Plan

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Click on each lake to learn more about the lake.