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It’s sometimes hard to tell exactly where public water access points are located for those wanting to have some fun in the water. Smaller access points are often grown over or appear to be private. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Town of Huntsville’s website shows where major public boat launches and beaches are located but there is no information about smaller water access points. That’s about to change, according to Huntsville Councillor Scott Morrison who chairs the Town’s Community Services Master Plan and Waterfront Strategy Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison said the committee has asked municipal staff to compile an inventory of all public water access points in the town and post it on the municipality’s website in a visible manner and share it on social media. Morrison said the request was prompted by the idea that for every certain number of kilometres there should be public access to water. “So the first thing… is getting an inventory. So that’s something that’s being worked on hopefully sooner rather than later.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison agreed that a list of access points should be prominently available on the Town’s website. “I mean there’s a public access point on Roe Road, there’s one even in that subdivision behind Riverside, when I lived there it was barely used and it’s a really nice piece of land with a beautiful dock. So, I think the one thing we can work on is better communication to the public about those access points and if somebody goes there and they feel they’re not welcome, we would deal with it for sure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison spoke further about the issue of public access to water. “Maybe we want to make sure at some point in the next five years or so that everybody can walk their kayak or their canoe or something to an access point. I mean it’s going to take some time but we do have a lot of road allowances, we have a lot of spots where we can put them. That’s something that can be discussed because a lot of these points are small pieces of land but there’s no parking,” he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, the municipality is expected to start by making information related to water access points more readily available.<\/p>\n\n\n

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