If you count ’em there’s four freighters in the photo above, taken from Kin Beach Park. But the picture doesn’t tell the whole story, there were at least two more freighters visible from that vantage on the day the picture was taken, probably at least one or two more behind Bare Point and farther into Ladysmith Harbour.
So how many is too many, when it comes to freighters mooring in Stuart Channel? Or is it okay, and a part of keeping Canada and B.C. connected to the global economy? What are the environmental risks of freighters in our waters? How well prepared are we to deal with those environmental risks?
Are these questions we should be asking our local, provincial and federal representatives? What are the boundaries between jurisdictions? Is there a role for the Chemainus Residents’ Association when it comes to freighters off our favourite beach?
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