SO, my recent good fish/goo time post aside. Want to talk about something I did come to at my usual launch at Burwell. Ok, so..i've been launching 'here' for at least 8 years; basically from a small flat section of creek edge between the steel wall end and start of concrete parking lot; a small section of creek edge about 100 feet long. This area is a common place for non-motored boats (canoe, kayaks, paddle boards, etc.)...though I have seen the odd jet ski try to go in here but that is rare. NOW, there is a crude barrier cutting off the end access to the water. Now there is a couple concrete barriers there and a piece of guardrail, likely absconded from the dump, chained to the concrete. Seriously, what is the point? If it is to focus canoers/yak'rs to the launch? There is no way I will launch at the boat launch another km upstream; for what, so I can now have to spend more time in a tight channel with boats before getting to open water? If it is to 'protect' this section of shoreline? that section that is graveled to waters edge and crisscrossed with walking paths linking this area to the beach and parking lot? Seriously? While I am going to do a bit of research and land title search (re: the legality of this), does anybody know anything about this barrier and the rationale for doing so?
Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated.
King Joe, Outa Here!
Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated.
King Joe, Outa Here!