There is
new legislation being forged that repairs
Navigation Protection Actt (the law that defines your right of access to water bodies), and folks are being asked to give feedback.
Here's an example of the new definition
e.g:
"
navigable water means a body of water, including a canal or any other body of water created or altered as a result of the construction of any work, that is used or where there is a reasonable likelihood that it will be used by vessels, in full or in part, for any part of the year as a means of transport or travel for commercial or recreational purposes, or as a means of transport or travel for Indigenous peoples of Canada exercising rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and
(a) there is public access, by land or by water;
(b) there is no such public access but there are two or more riparian owners; or
(c) Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province is the only riparian owner. (eaux navigables)"
For more details and to participate, see
http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42 ... st-readingPlease do not expect me (Erhard) personally to participate - I have done my share of battling the wind mills, and hope that the current generation of paddlers take care of river/lake protection. Cheers, folks!