Squaxin Island is an Indian Reservation... all of it. They are their own Nation. A far different case than private landowners on waterfront. Craig On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Bradford Crain <drbc_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > A bunch of us spent a kayaking and camping weekend on Squaxin Island, > Washington state. As we paddled past > Boston Harbor, we encountered some black and scary looking water along an > eddy line, and we decided to make an > emergency landing on the shore, as most of us were scared shirtless. > Immediately upon landing, the landowner came > running down to the water's edge and demanded that we leave immediately. > But we preferred to confront the lady rather than to return to the dark > churning water nearby. She eventually returned to her nice safe cozy > domicile while we regrouped. > > Brad > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:21 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE > <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote: > > > Bradford Crain drbc_at_pdx.edu wrote: > > > > .......Beaches in Washington state are privately owned. Very inconvenient > > for > > kayakers....... > > > > This is not entirely correct. Washington has a patchwork system. Many > > beaches > > are public to the mean high water line but others are completely private. > > One > > has to do the research. May private landowners on watefront like to give > > the > > impression that they own the beach rights when, in fact, they don't. This > > has > > causes conflicts between property owners and kayakers and in the San Juan > > Islands many, once public, launch sites near ferry terminals were closed > > off > > to try to stop a lot of kayakers from landing on what are actually public > > beaches in front of private lands. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 17 2012 - 19:28:31 PDT
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