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Welland River Access Closed?


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I went for a ride down Chippewa park way and noticed a fence has been put up all the way along the river from Chippewa to the Hydro canal. WTF???? A locked gate is across the entrance to the boat launch as well................................Daniel

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Guest brookie slayer

A rowing club has most of that side. Further down there is a launch that's open the odd Saturday.

I think. But its pretty sketchy. Fence has been up for a good 3 or 4 months at least. Too many late night

bonfire parties didn't help. Cops were down there all the time.

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My wife is a Chippawa girl who belongs to the Facebook group who live there both passed & present .... . And yes , the bon fires , boozing and garbage did not help ......

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Stopped by the Stanley Av. bridge a couple weeks ago. Could not believe the amount of garbage! Must have been at least a dozen bags of garbage and a tarp someone dragged there full of roof shingles! Disgusting!

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Way to much garbage being dumped and Chinese investers bought alot of the land down there for condos. Launch on the other side at end of sodom? I dunno if the one on the other side of stanley bridge at the old king waldorfs is still accessible?

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Used to ride my bike and fish and swim along there. People were using this as a dumping grounds. Cheaper to put up a 3 mile fence then to clean up the place on a regular basis. They call it a parkway, but now there is no access to the water. A shame for the jetski owners who pulled up along the river and had a good time. Dufferin Islands, Kings Bridge Park swimming area, now this. Kids just stay in and play computer games.

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In some cases it's the anglers themselves who leave their junk behind , therefore shutting it down to anglers is justified . In other cases it's the party people , visitors, or careless walkers tossing their garbage anywhere they please that gets fences put up .

It's too bad for those of us who have respect for our environment and other people's property. As has been said , a fence is the cheapest way to fix the problem. Years ago the cities hired people to clean the parks and streets . I haven't even read about anyone being fined for littering .....and the beat goes on ....... :wall:

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