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Erosion around Île du Chenail worries resident River. During a tour of the island shore- line, Lecot, a 67-year-old retiree, pointed out examples of what he considers serious erosion of the shoreline, since the spring flooding earlier this year.The exposed roots of several of the trees bordering the edge of the shoreline, on the western side of the island below the boat ramp, show howmuch of the bank has washed away. A couple are leaning over the water at an angle. for shoreline protection. But the water flows around or over them now and continues to eat away at the bank behind them.
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Bruno Lecot is worried about shoreline ero- sion aroundHawkesbury’s Île du Chenail. Lecot brought his concerns to town council’s public works and environment committee last month. The good news to him is that the committee paid attention to his worries. “I was satisfied with the answer they gave me,” Lecot said during a recent interview with the Tribune-Express. “They convinced me that something would be done.” Île du Chenail is located at the Ontario end of the Long Sault Bridge, which connects Hawkesbury with the village of Grenville-sur- la-Rouge, on the Québec side of the Ottawa
Bruno Lecot stands beside one of the trees, on the shoreline of Île du Chenail, whose roots are now exposed due to erosion of the banks by the Ottawa River. Past attempts at rip-rap protection for the shoreline have been inadequate. Lecot brought his concerns about the situation to one of town council’s advisory committees and the matter is now under review. —photo Gregg Chamberlain Île du Chenail is home to the huge stone monument commemorating Franco-Onta- rian culture in the area, and also Le Chenail Cultural Centre with its outdoor art exhi-
“They’re only holding on by the roots,” Lecot said, expressing concern the trees could topple into the river, further weake- ning the shoreline. “It would be disastrous if nothing was done.” There are sections of concrete slabs and numerous large boulders set along the sho- reline as part of past efforts to place rip-rap
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Future université franco-ontarienne Invité à se prononcer la semaine dernière sur le projet de loi 177, Loi de 2017 pour un Ontario plus fort et plus juste (mesures budgétaires), Carol Jolin, président de l’Assemblée de la fran- cophonie de l’Ontario (AFO), a exposé, devant le Comité permanent des finances et des affaires économiques de l’Ontario, les six recomman- dations de la communauté franco-ontarienne. Trois d’entre elles concernent la future université franco-ontarienne et stipulent, entre autres, que les étudiants représentent un cinquième du nombre total de membres du futur sénat de l’université, que le projet de loi définisse les termes « université mentor partenaires », « université mentor principales » et « affiliation académique » et que le comité de mise en oeuvre de l’UOF comprenne des représentants de la jeunesse et de la communauté. “Something should be done,” he said. The public works and environment com- mittee has referred the situation to the rec- reation and culture committee for review and recommendations. Nicole Trudeau, Hawkesbury recreation and culture direc- tor, said during a Dec. 11 phone interview that the subject will be on the committee’s December meeting agenda, and that there will be an assessment review done of the erosion situation at Île du Chenail, for later presentation to town council next year. bit, and the Hawksbury Petanque Club’s petanque ground, adjacent to the cultural centre building. Lecot’s main concern is that all of these features of Île du Chenail could suffer harm in future if a serious effort at shoreline protection doesn’t happen now.
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