By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Summer is the busiest time of year for recreational boaters, and docks on Cortes Island are popular.
Harbour Authority of Cortes Island Manager Jenny Hartwick anticipates one of the busiest seasons on record. She advises vessel owners to secure valuable items on board in a locked area and encourages them to call the RCMP if anything goes missing and to advise the Harbour Authority as well.
Hartwick says so far she isn’t aware of any thefts this year from docks on Cortes Island. She adds that a number of the Authority’s docks have security cameras.
Hartwick says in past year’s there have been issues of over crowding at some docks. But, she believes the situation is being mitigated somewhat with a new reservation system having been introduced at the beginning of April.
Top image credit: Harbour Authority of Cortes Island manager Jenny Hartwick. Photo by Greg Osoba.