Save Halkett Bay
The Islands Trust -- the watchdog of our coast -- specifically prohibits the creation of artificial reefs (Bylaw No. 17.3.4.2), and has rejected this proposal.
The United Church of Canada -- which has operated a camp for children at Halkett Bay since 1923 -- is so concerned about negative impacts of the project that it has withdrawn permission to use the proposed site.
Claims versus reality
The ARSBC likes to call its projects "marine ecological enhancements".In fact, the science says that artificial reefs do little to benefit sea life beyond merely collecting it from nearby.
The ARSBC says Halkett Bay is essentially dead and virtually void of sea life.
In fact, the natural diving wall in the bay is more densely populated than the oldest ARSBC wreck, according to the marine researchers at Reefs.org.
They say Halkett Bay is the only place the wreck can go.
In fact, the group has already tried three other sites. At one proposed site, the group gave up when people objected.
They say the marine park isn't very well used.
In fact, they have no idea of how many people use the bay -- literally. They haven't done a study and so are just relying on their best guess of how traffic moves in Halkett Bay -- without asking the people who have been spending time there for years.
They say their sunken ships have only a positive effect and do not contain any toxic compounds that could harm the environment.
In fact, despite the fact that the group has been sinking ships for 20 years, it can't point to a single study it has done to examine the impact of any toxins on marine life or sediment.
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