Lake Waseosa Ratepayers' Association

The requirement to obtain a capacity plate for a home-built or similar watercraft in Canada has been discontinued. For more information, see the Coast Guard notice:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/news/discont-single-vessel-label-prgm....

In 2005, the Association was informed that the yellow balls we had been placing as buoys to mark navigation hazards were not legal. Subsequently, the membership decided at the July 2 2005 meeting that the LWRA would no longer place them to avoid liablility. Since then, anonymous private individuals have taken it upon themselves to place markers at the hazards.

Bruce and Bill assisted with representatives from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in surveying the sites. The DFO advised us as to the locations and types of bouys that could be placed legally.

FOCA (the Federation of Ontario Cottage Associations) sent us the following announcement:

The police rarely visit our lakes, but this does not mean we are somehow exempt from the regulations. And 'rarely' does not mean 'never': the OPP launched a small boat on Waseosa last Sunday and stopped several boats (including at least one canoe) to conduct safety checks before the rain started.