Windsor Harbourmaster wants dangerous stretch of Sandpoint Beach closed off completely [Video]

Peter Berry, while commending the city for installing a larger fence, asked councillors to close the western portion of the beach indefinitely.

“It destroys my heart every time I have to go pick up the young person that beach in the water,” Berry said Monday.

He told council he has participated in more than a dozen rescues or recovery operations in his career and wants to make the western side of the city-owned property completely “unappealing” to beach goers.

“That corner is the issue,” Berry told council.

Berry explained not only does the river floor drop off; the water is also moving quickly.

“We’re almost at 14-15 km/hour,” Berry said. “What’s happening is it’s a suction, so even if there had been people there that day who could swim to save those two young men, we probably would have lost more people. If we had a lifeguard there, we probably would have lost a lifeguard.”

Where the fence will be installed. (Source: Submitted)

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