Dear All, this is a poorly…

Dear All, this is a poorly thought out amendment that will injure recreational boating. I have been boating in the 1000 Islands for 40+ years.

1-Unsafe for boaters-When anchoring to get out of the wind and waves you need to tuck in close to shore, at 300 M from shore you would have no protection from wind and waves and the depth would be so great that you could not set an anchor. For safety of life anchoring 300 m distance from shoreline will not suffice.

2- Unsafe Seamanship- If anchoring 300M from shoreline this will often put the anchored vessel into a navigational seaway

3- Discriminatory against boating public.- This is clearly orchestrated for cottage owners benefit and clearly discriminates against the recreational boaters.

4- Misleading language. - The description of public lands suggests structures docks on public lands. However you also include the definition of public lands as the waterlot but do not distinguish this. Hence if you are anchoring over a public waterlot and there is a cottage on privately held land, you are still required to anchor 300M from developed shoreline as you are anchoring/camping over public land.

5- Inability to Police. - The OPP already do not have enough resources to Police the 1000 Islands Park for regular infractions. Maybe you intend to create the Cottage Police Patrol, the CPP.

6-Restrictive to recreational boating. - There are many bays currently used for anchoring in the 1000 Islands area that have been used for years and years that will be off limits to boaters use, where not a single boat could be 300 M from a developed shoreline in almost any direction.