Hi Everyone,

We would like to clarify the communications that we have been sending regarding the current paddling options.

This applies to all lakes, although Lake's Banook & Mic Mac seem to cause more confusion than most other bodies of water.

The following areas are CLOSED to paddling:

1. All shorelines around both lakes

2. All beaches- Lion's Beach, Banook, Senobe, Mic Mac, Graham's Grove, Birch Cove, Sunrise Beach (Shubie Park), Shubie Park Dog Park (If the land touches the water it is closed)

3. All docks - Lion's Beach, Banook, Senobe, Mic Mac, Graham's Grove, Birch Cove, Sunrise Beach (Shubie Park), Shubie Park Dog Park Dock (If it is a dock that near the water it is closed and off-limits)

4. All clubs are closed - Banook, Senobe, Mic Mac, Austenville's Owls Club, Dragon Boat East

The following areas are OPEN to paddling:

1. Private docks -these are open to owners and invited guests equaling 5 or less. The guest must live in the same neighborhood as the owner’s property. We have taken a very liberal definition of neighborhoods to be HRM districts.

Lake Banook is District 5 and Mic Mac Lake District 6. This means if you are able to walk or bicycle to this private property and both the private property and your residence are in the same district, plus you have the permission of the owner of the dock, then you may paddle there while maintaining all physical distancing rules.

2. Mic Mac Lake Boat Launch on Braemar Dr. near Red Bridge Pond. This is open, but you must live in District 6 to use it.

Please contact Robin Thomson with any questions at robin@adckc.ca.