In Beaconsfield, Que., boaters are frustrated with new restrictions preventing them from launching larger crafts from trailers from two ramps in that city — one at Lakeview Boulevard and a second at Angell Avenue .
The two locations had been used for decades, and some pleasure craft owners can’t understand why it’s suddenly a problem. “The houses have always been here, people have always been here we have always gotten along really well,” said Bill Cordner as he surveyed four large concrete barriers at the water’s edge next to Lakeview. “At 74 years old, this is one of the pleasures I have in life, is to be able to take my square stern canoe and go on the lake, and I can’t do it.” Beaconsfield city officials say they closed the ramps