by Guest » April 7, 2017, 9:05 am
Reading the news report about boating on the Detroit River got me thinking about how these border rules apply in the St. Clair River. I used to have a boat many years ago and would take pictures of ships transiting the river and those at docks in Michigan and Ontario. We knew to never land on the Canadian shore but we never had any issues in the river including going up into the bay at Point Edward where they lay ships up. On several occasions I would come across both coast guards and the sheriff boats but was never stopped or warned off. Other than estimating it at being about halfway across, it seems it would be hard to know right were the border lies in the river. Has this gotten a lot more restrictive? Perhaps this is why there seems to be a lot less close up pictures of ships in operation or at docks. I ask because I thinking about buying another boat after not having one for 15 years but if I'm going to run into a bunch of hassles I don't think I will buy one.
Reading the news report about boating on the Detroit River got me thinking about how these border rules apply in the St. Clair River. I used to have a boat many years ago and would take pictures of ships transiting the river and those at docks in Michigan and Ontario. We knew to never land on the Canadian shore but we never had any issues in the river including going up into the bay at Point Edward where they lay ships up. On several occasions I would come across both coast guards and the sheriff boats but was never stopped or warned off. Other than estimating it at being about halfway across, it seems it would be hard to know right were the border lies in the river. Has this gotten a lot more restrictive? Perhaps this is why there seems to be a lot less close up pictures of ships in operation or at docks. I ask because I thinking about buying another boat after not having one for 15 years but if I'm going to run into a bunch of hassles I don't think I will buy one.