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Vol. 6 • Issue 36
Friday, November 1 • 2013
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A Thrill On Baker Street Hundreds of students from Wildflower school put on their best zombie attire and dragged their failing limbs down Baker Street on Wednesday afternoon. When the music of Michael Jackson’s 1980s hit Thriller erupted from the bushes, the swarm broke into dance. For more photos see nelsonstar.com. San Van Schie photos
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Private moorage issue resurfaces KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
A proposed controversial private moorage at Five-Mile beach has again worried residents about lost access to the popular recreation site. Last week, residents Mark and Jane Adreychuck filed an application to build a dock across crown land at their Five-Mile property. A similar application was made in early 2013 which sent locals into an uproar. The Andreychucks, who reside in Alberta and use their North Shore property as a vacation home, put plans on hiatus — until now.
Last week, Jane told the Star residents shouldn’t worry. Their plan has been modified “having nothing to do with the beach. It’s in the water on the edge of the spit,” she says. “It’s totally changed from the original plan due to concerns the government had,” she says. Residents are still worried that any structure at the site will impact one of the last remaining public-access beaches on the North Shore. Five-Mile beach, also referred to as Willow Point, features a curved sandbar extending into Kootenay Lake. Within that curve exists a natural wading pool and swim-
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ming area for children making the beach popular with families. Sally Cavanaugh a former long-time North Shore resident and one of over 350 members of the Facebook group Friends of Willow Point/5-Mile Beach says this is more than a dock issue. “Our focus in Nelson and area must be on community and environment or we are at risk of losing everything Nelson stands for, bit by bit,” she says. “Until recently, the history of Five-Mile beach has reflected community-mindedness, people sharing the common goal of maintaining a clean and healthy lake area for all to enjoy.”
For her and many others who have previously spoken out in opposition to the application, stewardship on the part of the proponents is lacking. “To even contemplate building a structure that serves only one family out of all of us here in Nelson — a structure that would introduce more pollutants and obstructions than already exist in this particular beach area at present — is to interfere with the righteous stewardship of the lake,” says Cavanaugh who now lives in Nelson. Beach access is a hot issue with access to popular spots such as Willow
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