Roger Derby wrote:
: If it's "navigable waters" then I think the US Coast Guard also gets
: involved. If it's not, then it's probably "wet lands" and you need to talk
: to the EPA.

Yep, anything that is navigable (and the entire great lakes system is)
in the U.S. would require permission from the "Secretary of War" (now
known as the Secretary of Defense). There are a few court cases where
people built something on a navigable river without permission where the
structure was later demolished. Your refering to the "1000 island" area
in Canada on the St. Lawrence river?

I don't believe anyone would permit anything to be built in the Great Lakes
anymore, just out of concern for water quality since so many draw their
drinking water from them.

Anything out there would require a breakwater for storm protection...

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John Nelson
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