A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:



On a website providing interpretation of the BC Land Act:
"What is Foreshore?

Foreshore is the land between the high and low watermarks of streams,
rivers, lakes, and the ocean."

So, foreshore (public access) applies not only to intertidal zones, but
also, as you can see, to lakes and rivers.

Quite right, IMHO.

I'm not sure if this is precisely true. It would depend on whether the
specific regulation applies to "navigable waters" or all waters. I suspect
that Canada has much the same structure as the US, since English common law
is the genesis for both. Thus, there is probably some distinction drawn
between navigable and non navigable.

The ocean is, of course, always navigable. "Under the influence of the
tides" is the metric from English common law for public navigability.

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