The owners of the Trout Point Lodge in East Kemptville have ended their tenure as executives of la Société Touristique Bon Temps d’Argyle.
Vaughan Perret and Charles Leary remain on the board of directors of Bon Temps.
Trout Point Lodge was declared the world’s first Starlight Hotel by the Starlight Foundation in 2014.
Perret and Leary spearheaded Bon Temps effort to have the certifications done, including supporting the collection of scientific astrophysics data and sponsoring the visits of two Spanish experts to the region.
With that, the Municipality of Argyle will continue the Starlight astro-tourism project with $24,000 in grant funds from the society.
CAO Alain Muise says the municipality has agreed to continue to administer the Acadian Skies & Mi’kmaq Lands region.
The Tourism Destination includes Acadia First Nation, Municipality of Yarmouth, Municipality of Argyle, and Clare.
The Starlight Reserve encompasses the Tobeatic Wilderness Area and Indian Fields Provincial Park.
The region is a certified Starlight Tourism Destination with a certified Starlight Reserve at its core.
Those accreditations come from the Starlight Foundation, a UNESCO-backed initiative headquartered at the Canaries Astrophysics Institute in Spain.
