Criminal Code of Canada (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)
439. (1) Every one who makes fast a vessel or boat to a signal, buoy or other sea-mark that is used for purposes of navigation is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
(2) Every one who wilfully alters, removes or conceals a signal, buoy or other sea-mark that is used for purposes of navigation is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
A year in the life of Lake Waseosa
Apparently some people believe there is a public boat launch in Camp Huronda and "Cottage Dreams", a cottage rental agency has been telling renters they can use Huronda's boat launch.
In 2005, the Association was informed that the yellow balls we had been placing as buoys to mark navigation hazards were not legal. Subsequently, the membership decided at the July 2 2005 meeting that the LWRA would no longer place them to avoid liablility. Since then, anonymous private individuals have taken it upon themselves to place markers at the hazards.
For many years now, the LWRA has partnered with Freecourse.ca to provide our members with an affordable solution to obtaining their PCOC.
Update: please see: https://www.lwra.net/affordable-pcoc-testing
We are pleased to announce that we are back in the PCOC testing business. Now that the backlog of mail following the strike has finally eased, we received our new exams yesterday and can once again offer this service.
The police rarely visit our lakes, but this does not mean we are somehow exempt from the regulations. And 'rarely' does not mean 'never': the OPP launched a small boat on Waseosa last Sunday and stopped several boats (including at least one canoe) to conduct safety checks before the rain started.
UPDATE: TWO SEPARATE COURSES, ON WED AUG 12 AND SUNDAY AUG 16
As proposed last year, the LWRA is instituting a program to provide our members and their families with substantial savings on operator card testing. Bill Somers (Pallete) and Dwayne Verhey (Waseosa) have been approved as testing agents for our partner, Safetyafloat.
The requirement to obtain a capacity plate for a home-built or similar watercraft in Canada has been discontinued. For more information, see the Coast Guard notice:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/news/discont-single-vessel-label-prgm.htm