![]() In mid-March, DFO provided a ministerial order to the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, requiring them to drain Lake Pisiquid. Timelapse imagery of the Avon River causeway area - Google Earth The Department of Agriculture controls the discharge and incoming tidal waters through a series of flood gates. The construction of the earth and rock causeway created Lake Pisiquid, a freshwater, man-made head-pond. The Avon River causeway and aboiteau system was built in the 1960s and opened in 1970. The municipal government is not the decision-maker when it comes to the fate of Lake Pisiquid and the gated system that regulates the fish passage.Īside from DFO, the provincial departments of Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure are also involved in the Highway 101 twinning project. Carole Morris-UnderhillĪs April ended, a letter was sent to Department of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan on behalf of West Hants Regional Municipality requesting an information meeting on DFO’s plans to regulate the flow of the Avon River. Debate over whether the causeway should be removed to allow free tidal flow has people questioning the fate of the man-made head pond. “At the end of the day, this council is responsible to the community it’s responsible for the health of the municipality, the future of the municipality.”Īthletes with the Pisiquid Canoe Club are wondering if they will get to ever paddle on Lake Pisiquid again. “The lack of communication and the lack of clarity, the lack of answers and just the lack of everything, pretty much is creating the divide and it’s creating a rift,” he continued, noting they have been discussing the issue for multiple years. It’s about getting answers that our community is craving,” said Mayor Abraham Zebian at council’s April 27 meeting. It’s not about taking one group over another group. “We are elected to represent our constituents through all districts in the municipality… It’s not about taking sides. Hants West MLA Chuck Porter also wants answers - as do residents who rely on Lake Pisiquid, a man-made body of water that has been used as a recreation site for nearly five decades. Farms, fish, a highway and Avon River's future in question.They want answers about what the federal government requires for the future crossing of the Avon River. West Hants councillors are citing the lack of communication with higher levels of government as the cause of mounting frustration within the community. As neighbours bicker on social media over the future of the Avon River and the controversial causeway that was installed more than 50 years ago, area politicians are trying to get some answers.
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