Tired of looking at " No Trespassing" signs?? The Cobourg Beach Society is a group of long time Cobourg residents who believe that a park should be created in Cobourg from Factory Creek to the water filtration plant, below the traditional high water mark, so that all citizens can have access to this traditional right of way.
Welcome to the Cobourg Beach Society
Please note that we have a new website:
www.cobourgbeachsociety.com For future news, go there!!!
If you wish to help us regain public access to the entire West Beach by creating a nature park, join our mailing list by contacting cobourgbeachsociety@gmail.com or see us on Facebook. Better yet attend a meeting!
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO OUR "BEACH BRUNCH", SUNDAY, APRIL 3rd, 2011 FROM 11-2pm AT THE LEGION VILLAGE RECREATION HALL. TICKETS $10
SORRY BEACH BRUNCH TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT!
3/07/2010
The Cobourg Beach Society is dedicated to creating a nature park below the high water mark at the West Beach in Cobourg: an area now festooned with fences and no trespassing signs.
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i am a 45 year old new resident to cobourg but have lived in northumberland(port hope)for many years and enjoyed the miles of desolate beach with my wife and two girls.however this morning as we ere walking west along the beach we were aproached my some woming claming that she owned the beach and we were trespassing i asked her if we had disturbed her and she replyed yes i also told her how sad it was that somebody would think they could claim something for themselves and keep everyone else out as i,m pretty sure the province of Ontario owns the shore line these people need to be stopped before there is nothing left for people like you and me
Andrew: Many others have been treated like this. The Cobourg Beach Society is trying to do something by creating a public access nature preserve at the beach. Come to our meeting and find out more!!! Bob Cairns
Actually that clear title is not so clear. Declining lake levels have exposed much of the beach. Also the citizens of Cobourg have used this beach for 200 years. She is just being selfish.
The wording on title is unambiguous and protects the property from future development to the south - unless the owner decides upon a severence.
If the lake is completely drained then you may have a point - until that time you can consider the expensive and lengthy expropriation route.
Land expropriation is for the greater good - i.e. an important highway, hospital wing or similar. Expropriation is not for jealousy over Naboth's vineyard.
The attorneys have been all over this - sorry.
If there is a significant addition to the amount of land on title through sand deposition - then an MPAC reassessment may be warranted.
What was the population of Cobourg 200 years ago? Respectfully - it's a futile argument.
We still say that the hundreds of years of precedence when NO land owners encroached on what was considered a public beach is a reason to fight the so called legal point of view. (At one time the land was part of the creek.) We can attest to the 40's - 70's children having happy memories of summers spent at the west beach.
As a distant observer, I would have to say that thousands of Canadians have cottages where they enjoy property rights to the water's edge. Why should it be any different in Cobourg? If you think that you have the right to trespass just because it is pretty, then it is time you read the law. If you wan the land, then buy it. Full market value.
We assume you meant " want " not " wan". The difference here is that this is not on an isolated lake-- it is an area that has been enjoyed by citizens for two centuries near the centre of a town-- and on a Great Lake. Michigan has passed a law guaranteeing public access to Great Lake shoreline. Live by the law, die by the law.
i am a 45 year old new resident to cobourg but have lived in northumberland(port hope)for many years and enjoyed the miles of desolate beach with my wife and two girls.however this morning as we ere walking west along the beach we were aproached my some woming claming that she owned the beach and we were trespassing i asked her if we had disturbed her and she replyed yes i also told her how sad it was that somebody would think they could claim something for themselves and keep everyone else out as i,m pretty sure the province of Ontario owns the shore line these people need to be stopped before there is nothing left for people like you and me
ReplyDeleteAndrew: Many others have been treated like this. The Cobourg Beach Society is trying to do something by creating a public access nature preserve at the beach. Come to our meeting and find out more!!! Bob Cairns
ReplyDeleteFact is she owns to the waterline - and has clear title to prove it. How would you like someone walking through your property?
ReplyDeletePrivate property is private property - respect property owners rights!
Actually that clear title is not so clear. Declining lake levels have exposed much of the beach. Also the citizens of Cobourg have used this beach for 200 years. She is just being selfish.
ReplyDeleteThe wording on title is unambiguous and protects the property from future development to the south - unless the owner decides upon a severence.
ReplyDeleteIf the lake is completely drained then you may have a point - until that time you can consider the expensive and lengthy expropriation route.
Land expropriation is for the greater good - i.e. an important highway, hospital wing or similar. Expropriation is not for jealousy over Naboth's vineyard.
The attorneys have been all over this - sorry.
If there is a significant addition to the amount of land on title through sand deposition - then an MPAC reassessment may be warranted.
What was the population of Cobourg 200 years ago? Respectfully - it's a futile argument.
I would call a nature preserve on a beautiful wild beach-- a boon to tourism and the local economy-- a " greater good".
ReplyDeleteWe still say that the hundreds of years of precedence when NO land owners encroached on what was considered a public beach is a reason to fight the so called legal point of view. (At one time the land was part of the creek.)
ReplyDeleteWe can attest to the 40's - 70's children having happy memories of summers spent at the west beach.
Say what you will - your cause is futile and your efforts will never stand up in court.
ReplyDeleteYou could spend all this effort fighting global warming or promoting world peace.
As a distant observer, I would have to say that thousands of Canadians have cottages where they enjoy property rights to the water's edge. Why should it be any different in Cobourg? If you think that you have the right to trespass just because it is pretty, then it is time you read the law. If you wan the land, then buy it. Full market value.
ReplyDeleteWe assume you meant " want " not " wan". The difference here is that this is not on an isolated lake-- it is an area that has been enjoyed by citizens for two centuries near the centre of a town-- and on a Great Lake. Michigan has passed a law guaranteeing public access to Great Lake shoreline. Live by the law, die by the law.
ReplyDeleteOntario has also upheld property owners rights in the Muskoka's.
ReplyDeleteMichigan State law is irrelevent - go live there if you are a fan of the US judicial system.
Sorry !