US EditionAccess to lake in Kootenays threatened, landowner cites liability, $500K road bill
REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, JUL 31 – Mt. Evans Land Company faces over $500,000 in road upgrade costs and liability issues, prompting consideration to close public access to a popular park at St. Mary Lake.
- Amid liability concerns and a $500K road bill, Mt. Evans Land Company Ltd. considers closing public access at St. Mary Lake.
- In 2017, Tembec sold the east-end St. Mary Lake property to Mt. Evans Land Company Ltd., which had a subdivision plan approved for four residential parcels and a 6.1-hectare park, with creation of the park required by rezoning conditions.
- According to an RDEK information report, no exemptions exist from Section 15 of the Land Title Act, which mandates public road access to every parcel, and the Ministry of Forests identified that a roughly 1.7-kilometre section must be upgraded to a nine-metre-wide gravel road.
- The Regional District of East Kootenay was asked to back the application, as rejection could lead to closure of public access to the park, Bronson said.
- Later this month, McInnis will meet with the St. Mary’s Community group to discuss the issue after saying he’s unsure of the solution’s direction.
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