Check this out. Four 5/16″-diameter bolts, set in concrete, with sharp ends pointed up. Not only is this a tripping hazard, but if someone impaled their knee, it would be horribly painful and damaging.
Most alarmingly, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources constructed danger to the public on their Crown land south of the north Bala dam in late June, 2013. And without any warning, signage, or marking (other than the coloured string), they left this exactly as shown (photograph below was taken Sunday afternoon June 30), throughout the Canada Day long weekend, when hundreds of people were expected to be visiting the falls, both during the day, and after dark for the Canada Day festivities.
While the MNR staff are mostly in Bracebridge or Parry Sound making these terrible decisions, the proponent had a drilling crew at this exact location (for example, they installed the test access post just to the right of it) in the days before this long weekend, and they too left this accident waiting to happen. This is unprofessional and inexcusable. These are not people we want in our neighbourhood.
This outrageous disregard for public safety is exactly what both the Ministry of the Environment and the MNR are showing through their support for the proponent’s current “Alternative 1A proposal” which would direct the treacherously fast and turbulent water exiting the generating station towards the long-time in-water recreational area at the base of the Bala north falls (more detail here).
Government should be for the people, not against the people.