[Paddlewise] Law and Navigation

From: Robert Livingston & Pam Martin <bearboat2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 18:43:34 -0700
I am not a lawyer but I thought that the rules about access to navigatable
waters were very strong.

But I do not know the legal definition of navigatable.

An acquaintance of ours, many years ago, was prevented from paddling the
part of the Columbia river that passes through the Hanford Reservation. He
brought the case to court and won. They could prevent people landing on the
shore but they could not prevent paddling the 20 mile length or whatever it
was if they stayed off the shore.
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