Parks Canada closes Quebec waterway, stranding boaters in Chambly [Video]

Some boaters have been left high and dry after water levels on the Chambly Canal were lowered as Parks Canada makes repairs.

A resident seemingly caused damage to the canal, which has caused boaters like Richard Talbot to be stranded at the Chambly Marina.

“I thought maybe it would begin to be resolved after a week,” said the Vermont resident.

The canal, along with the Richelieu River, is closed indefinitely and boaters were urged by Parks Canada to take their boats out of the water Monday evening.

“We really don’t know what’s happening,” said Chambly Marina employee Saul Ramirez.

A letter from Parks Canada says that the closure is due to unauthorized work carried out on a parcel of land bordering the canal.

It adds that the work caused “worrying damage” to the “integrity of the installations” at the canal.

Parks Canada had to then lower the water level in …