Working on Okanagan Lake香蕉视频直播檚 waterfront for the past three decades, Greg Garward has never seen conditions this bad.

He and partner George Bishop have operated out of the Pier Water Sports building on the shoreline beside the Lakeside Resort for the last 20 years and are afraid they may even lose the structure.

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All the rental watercraft including Sea-Doos, kayaks, power boats, parasailing boat and the 42-foot party boat have since been taken off the water.

Activities for the recent Victoria Day long weekend, which is usually one of the busiest at the start of the season for the company, were cancelled before hand.

Garward pointed to the potential for damages and the dangers associated with the large amount of debris in the lake and having customers creating wake and making conditions worse for lakefront home owners as the reasons why.

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Garward added the erosion of the shoreline has been happening for years and because it is riparian, government regulations prevent some work from being done.

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Bishop and Garward are currently weighing their options for opening, including moving the watercraft to the marina and working out of a kiosk.

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