In Minnesota, navigable waters are defined as "those lakes and streams that were used (or were susceptible of being used) as highways for commerce at the time Minnesota became a state." The state owns the bottoms of all navigable waters, but the bottoms of other waters may be owned by adjacent landowners. Fortunately, thanks to the fur trade, navigable waters in Minnesota include many that are navigable only by canoe or other small watercraft, such as the Pigeon River, which is legally navigable in its entirety, despite the fact that it includes the 120-foot high Pigeon Falls! FFI, see Minnesota DNR Water Law Basics, http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/pwpermits/waterlaws.html and Navigable Waters of the United States in Minnesota, http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/docs/regulatory/mn_nav_waters.pdf Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 25 2006 - 10:34:28 PDT
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