We developed a Safety Mandate that aims to establish minimum requirements for ensuring safe passage of a marine trail. The purpose of this mandate is to help identify suitable locations for marine trail sites that meet a minimum safety standard, taking potentially hazardous conditions into account, while highlighting areas where site selection does not meet the minimum standard.
Our Safety Mandate stresses that a distance between campsites of 8NM or less is considered safe! If it’s between 8 and 12NM, safety gaps could be improved. A distance between campsites greater than 12NM is considered unsafe!
*The standard is applicable only for favourable weather conditions and assumes that paddlers possess the necessary skills and experience appropriate for the waters they are traversing.