2023-Sep-29
GBA Has Joined a New Coalition to Take on the Wake Issue
Wakes have been an ongoing problem, and have been exacerbated more recently by wake surfing boats that are weighted down at the stern to produce large wakes for surfing. The wakes produced by these boats can be as high as 6 feet and have been known to flip boats up onto docks. All wakes can cause destructive turbidity threatening shorelines and fish, fowl and wildlife habitats.
GBA has joined a new coalition to take on the wake issue led by Safe Quiet Lakes that currently includes: the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association, Muskoka Lakes Association, Haliburton Property Owners Association, L’Association pour l’Amélioration du Lac Manitou, and the Township of Muskoka Lakes, and is expected to grow. The coalition is aiming to get Ontario to implement provincewide regulations to avoid the need for multiple municipal VORRs for each area where they are needed.