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Boaters had difficulty launching their boats at Big Rock Boat Launch during last Friday’s low tide. Here a boat is marooned inside the breakwater because the outlet channel is too shallow. Meanwhile, boats can be seen in Discovery Passage waiting for the rising tide.
Boat launch improvements can’t come soon enough for some MIKE DAVIES CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
The low tides last weekend made getting boats in and out of Discovery Passage even more difficult than usual for boaters trying to enjoy one of the first nice weekends of spring. This prompted yet another call from boaters for the state of the boat launches – specifically Big
Rock Boat Launch – to be addressed sooner rather than later. Allison Galloway and her husband David say they launched from the Big Rock ramp about 9:30 a.m. last Friday morning (April 8) to go prawning, and were coming back a few hours later in an attempt to beat low tide – which was expected about 12:30 p.m. Unfortunately for the Galloways, the tide was already
too low to risk bringing the trailer down the ramp. “The gravel on the ramp was like a foot or two deep,” Galloway says. “We might have been able to get the trailer down into there, but even if we did, once the extra weight from the boat was on it, we’d have been stuck and would’ve needed a tow truck to come get us out.” Their boat ended up bottoming
out while the tide went out underneath them. Once it had come back in and they were afloat again, they headed for the ramp at Discovery Harbour Marina, where they paid their $10 to get out of the water. “We like to tout that we’re this amazing fishing destination,” Galloway says, “and the fact of the matter is that we just don’t have the ameContinued on Pg. 6
After high levels of lead were found in the drinking water of 48 per cent of locations in the Prince Rupert School District this past February, school districts around the province have been testing their own drinking water for contaminants to find out if they, too, needed to take steps to mitigate this possible health issue. Deputy Minister of Education Dave Byng sent a letter to all school districts in the province after the Prince Rupert situation came to light in the media, saying, “At the request of the Provincial Health Officer, I am writing to remind all school districts of the importance of ensuring water quality within all schools complies with Water Management Best Practices and the Drinking Water Protection Act.” Secretary-Treasurer of the Campbell River School District (SD72) Kevin Patrick revealed to the board of education at this week’s public meeting that testing has been completed across our district and all but two locations came back, “well within compliance and safety levels.”
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