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The Village Squire, 1981-08, Page 333rd floor Living Room, Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture Department CO�a� store Mitchell 348-8572 2nd floor Toys, games, puzzles, furniture accessories, gifts. 1st floor China, crystal, costume Jewelry, souvenirs, stationery, Hallmark cards and gifts. A division of Leisure World [Hobbies, Crafts, Trains, etc.) ) PG. 32 VILLAGE SQUIRE/AUGUST 1981 BEACHES (cont. from page 11) the user, Knight warns,to determine whether he has access to the beach. Further north, in Ashfield Township, there's a mishmash of public and private beaches. Land there "was sold off by individual lots, so it's really a dog's breakfast." A public beach may be only the width of the road allowance. Glen Campbell, superintendent of har- bours and ports with Transport Canada in Owen Sound says cottagers, "people who own the uplands" have a right "to go to the water," but usually there's a strip of land between the highwater mark (where vegetation starts) and the actual water. owned by the province or municipality. That allows the public to walk along beaches in front of private cottages. But, cautions Knight of Natural Re- sources, the strip was reserved later in the 1800s, after Huron County was settled. "The problem in this part of the province is the land was sold before it was reserved." For instance in Northern Ontario. settled later, the reserved beach strips are closer to being complete. Here as in the Ashfield example, they're broken. Yet, who's going to get really touchy about a few tourists walking or even swimming in front of his cottage? Lots of people•in Stanley township, a few years ago, one irate summer resident went so far as to fence off the beach on both sides of his cottage, and the fence went right down into the water. Local citizens who'd used or at least walked by the area. got up in arms and the township started legal proceedings against him. Eventually. in that effective rural way of settling things quietly. township councillors took the fence down and both sides let the matter drop. By the way. Stanley owns sixty rods of beach land at the end of Sideroad 10. so you can go there and frolic undisturbed. You think beach ownership is a complicated question? Look at the lake itself. That warm clear and still relatively clean Lake Huron water you're enjoying is owned by the province (the lake bed) while the feds have jurisdiction over the navigable waters. Transport Canada "controls the top of the water " is how Campbell in Owen Sound puts it. Anyone who's filling or dumping in the lake should check with the feds while. presumably, if you've got designs on the lake bottom. you'd better clear your plans with the province. But that's not all. In some parts of the province, areas like Owen Sound where there once was a lot of logging. water lots...literally parcels of land, under the water...are owned by individuals. who pay, believe it or not, property tax to local municipalities. Early in the century the lots were sold to lumber companies who had to boom and anchor Togs. Water lot owners, however. can't keep boaters out because they don't own the top of the water. And Transport Canada has stopped in -filling and construction on water lots in some cases. Water lots aren't worth a heck of a lot. Campbell says. but their owners do control to the water's edge and up onto the beach. It's a good thing there aren't cottagers who are also water lot owners in this part of Lake Huron because they could legally fence right up into the water. And deprive us all of the huge choice of beaches which is Lake Huron's biggest asset. O MYSKE (cont. from page 23) the little creek in the field and the calves in the orchard. The red and green and black and white began to run together and Regina was crying. Papa had a farm but it was all strange. there was no smell at here and Mvske's china ears were broken. The red barn blurred and she could taste the salt on her lips. Then she heard the boards on the stairs creaking and smelled Papa's cigarette. He came into the empty room and looked down at the farm with her. "Papa's Myske is crying ?" he asked. putting his hand on his shoulder. She nodded. He took her doll out of her hand and she watched his brown fingers run across the fresh scars on Mvske's face. the empty places where her ears should be. "But you'll keep her. even if she has no ears?" Regina nodded again. looking up at Papa's face to see if he was joking with her. He was smiling but he wasn't joking; she could tell. "Do we have a good farm now Papa?" she asked. wiping her face with her sleeve. "Ja. Myske." He put the doll down on the cardboard box and picked Regina up. tickling her ribs as he swung her as high as his shoulders. "We have a fine farm. a wonderful farm. Your Papa has a farm!". and Regina laughed as he swung her high in the empty room. Cecilia P. Kennedy is a Toronto area writer whose last contribution to Village Squire was Jonathon's Gifts, the winner of our 1980 Christmas fiction contest. Sail in to our Anniversary .4i K . Sale Whether you are just browsing or looking for that special gift, you'll enjoy the charm of friendly shopping at Earl Campbell Jewellers. Our anniversary sale runs through August. 1:,..011V4IN You'll be surprised at { - how much we have n ` t'4, "Trimmed" our 1.;t1 "Sale" Prices. `— J1. itlaa Cam,psea JEWELLER EXETER ST. MARYS 421 Main 154 Queen 235-2720 284-2228 PG. 32 VILLAGE SQUIRE/AUGUST 1981 BEACHES (cont. from page 11) the user, Knight warns,to determine whether he has access to the beach. Further north, in Ashfield Township, there's a mishmash of public and private beaches. Land there "was sold off by individual lots, so it's really a dog's breakfast." A public beach may be only the width of the road allowance. Glen Campbell, superintendent of har- bours and ports with Transport Canada in Owen Sound says cottagers, "people who own the uplands" have a right "to go to the water," but usually there's a strip of land between the highwater mark (where vegetation starts) and the actual water. owned by the province or municipality. That allows the public to walk along beaches in front of private cottages. But, cautions Knight of Natural Re- sources, the strip was reserved later in the 1800s, after Huron County was settled. "The problem in this part of the province is the land was sold before it was reserved." For instance in Northern Ontario. settled later, the reserved beach strips are closer to being complete. Here as in the Ashfield example, they're broken. Yet, who's going to get really touchy about a few tourists walking or even swimming in front of his cottage? Lots of people•in Stanley township, a few years ago, one irate summer resident went so far as to fence off the beach on both sides of his cottage, and the fence went right down into the water. Local citizens who'd used or at least walked by the area. got up in arms and the township started legal proceedings against him. Eventually. in that effective rural way of settling things quietly. township councillors took the fence down and both sides let the matter drop. By the way. Stanley owns sixty rods of beach land at the end of Sideroad 10. so you can go there and frolic undisturbed. You think beach ownership is a complicated question? Look at the lake itself. That warm clear and still relatively clean Lake Huron water you're enjoying is owned by the province (the lake bed) while the feds have jurisdiction over the navigable waters. Transport Canada "controls the top of the water " is how Campbell in Owen Sound puts it. Anyone who's filling or dumping in the lake should check with the feds while. presumably, if you've got designs on the lake bottom. you'd better clear your plans with the province. But that's not all. In some parts of the province, areas like Owen Sound where there once was a lot of logging. water lots...literally parcels of land, under the water...are owned by individuals. who pay, believe it or not, property tax to local municipalities. Early in the century the lots were sold to lumber companies who had to boom and anchor Togs. Water lot owners, however. can't keep boaters out because they don't own the top of the water. And Transport Canada has stopped in -filling and construction on water lots in some cases. Water lots aren't worth a heck of a lot. Campbell says. but their owners do control to the water's edge and up onto the beach. It's a good thing there aren't cottagers who are also water lot owners in this part of Lake Huron because they could legally fence right up into the water. And deprive us all of the huge choice of beaches which is Lake Huron's biggest asset. O MYSKE (cont. from page 23) the little creek in the field and the calves in the orchard. The red and green and black and white began to run together and Regina was crying. Papa had a farm but it was all strange. there was no smell at here and Mvske's china ears were broken. The red barn blurred and she could taste the salt on her lips. Then she heard the boards on the stairs creaking and smelled Papa's cigarette. He came into the empty room and looked down at the farm with her. "Papa's Myske is crying ?" he asked. putting his hand on his shoulder. She nodded. He took her doll out of her hand and she watched his brown fingers run across the fresh scars on Mvske's face. the empty places where her ears should be. "But you'll keep her. even if she has no ears?" Regina nodded again. looking up at Papa's face to see if he was joking with her. He was smiling but he wasn't joking; she could tell. "Do we have a good farm now Papa?" she asked. wiping her face with her sleeve. "Ja. Myske." He put the doll down on the cardboard box and picked Regina up. tickling her ribs as he swung her as high as his shoulders. "We have a fine farm. a wonderful farm. Your Papa has a farm!". and Regina laughed as he swung her high in the empty room. Cecilia P. Kennedy is a Toronto area writer whose last contribution to Village Squire was Jonathon's Gifts, the winner of our 1980 Christmas fiction contest.