Shorewalk Cobourg
Pat Stanley, President

Pat Stanley, Watercolour, 11" x 17"

 

In The Cobourg News


4/17/07
Cobourg Daily Star Local News

"
Council urged to support pedestrians' right to walk along shore"


"Walkway is great for Cobourg"

6/06
Cartoon by B. King

"...and ir comes with a million dollar view"

6/06
To the Editor

"Humming, Walk on By"

"The public has acuired bad rep"

By Vince Versace
"Line drawn in the sand - Cobourg's west beach pits property owner against Town"

To the Editor, By Bridget Campion
"Others share lakeshore"

5/29/06
To the Editor

"Lake Ontario shoreline belongs to everyone and to no one: reader"

5/26/06
By Vince Versace
"Take a walk along Cobourg's west beach"

"Homeowner blocks 165 feet of walkway"

5/06
By Valerie MacDonald

"Landowners say town bullying them over boardwalk"

5/06
By Vince Versace
"Illahee Lodge owner will allow access to beach"

6/06
Cartoon by B. King

"...we might need a passport through the U.S. section."

5/06
By Valerie MacDonald
"residents voice concerns about condo proposal"

"residents voice concerns about condo proposal"

5/06
By Valerie MacDonald
"sign lead path around private land"

"sign lead path around private land"

4/06
To the Editor

"Beachfront landowners put up with a lot" - "Cobourg beach should be for everyone"

4/06
Cartoon by B. King

"...Cobourg Boardwalk West Extension"

4/06
Photo by Ted Amscen

"...boardwalk ends abruptly"

4/06
By Valerie MacDonald

"Landowners blocking path along Cobourg's waterfront"

11/05
By Valerie MacDonald

"Town, owners negotiating use of private land for boardwalk"

6/05
By Cecilia Nasmith

"Beach may be off-limits, town says"

6/05
To the Editor

"Questioning access loss" - "The burden of beachfront liability"

 

 

Cobourg is a beautiful town on the north shore of Lake Ontario. To visitors and residents alike one of its main attractions is its lakeshore. One resident who walks the beaches frequently is Pat Stanley. She also happens to be a very accomplished water colour artist who draws much of her inspiration from those Lake Ontario shoreline walks.

The peace, tranquility and inspiration of her walks was disrupted in the summer of 2005 when a lakeshore property owner decided to fence off and block the newly constructed shoreline boardwalk. Despite efforts by Cobourg mayor Peter Delanty and his council the fence remains as we approach the summer of 2007.

Pat Stanley had joined the Ontario Shorewalk Association some time ago but now has formed Cobourg Shorewalk and is attracting members who want no obstructing fences along the lake shore. Their group supports the Right of Passage initiatives of Ontario Shorewalk as does mayor Delanty.

For more information about Pat Stanley please visit her website at www.lostbeach.ca.

 

 

MacDonald, Valerie
Cobourg Daily Star Local News
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Council urged to support pedestrians' right to walk along shore

With lakefront property owners Bill MacDonald and Stan Frost abstaining, the balance of Cobourg councillors passed two motions last night to support access to the west beach by pedestrians.

Town staff have been asked to check into the legal rights of citizens to continue the use of the west beach and the legal rights of property owners, some of whom own out into the lake.

Councillors also endorsed a private member's bill introduced at Queen's Park last week, as urged by Sydenham Street, Cobourg, resident Pat Stanley, who urged councillors to do so during her speech to them last night.

Mrs. Stanley, who heads Shorewalk Cobourg, part of Ontario Shorewalk, participated in a news conference last week and highlighted the fencing of lakeside private property, plus the wooden boardwalk dispute at Cobourg's west harbour. The news conference was a prelude to the introduction of the private member's bill.

Niagara Falls Liberal MPP Kim Craitor's bill, if passed, would "reserve to the public a right of passage to permit passage along the shoreline of any Great Lake between the shore of the lake and the high water mark."

The U.S. Supreme Court has recently upheld the right of passage along the U.S. side of the Great Lakes, based on historic British Common Law, she says.

The Lake Ontario shoreline in Cobourg in particular has been used by the public for well over 150 years, Mrs. Stanley stressed, both at Queen's Park and in the Victoria Hall council chamber.