This sort of points out the other side of the debate. Would you rather have a huge private breakwater, and several private boats docks permanently erected in the public's lake. Where it will forever prohibit public use of the area. Or would it be better for the private land owner to sacrifice his own land for a dug-in boat house.
Ecologically both are disruptive, especially during construction. But the dug-in boathouse has a neutral or slight gain in wetlands, where the breakwater is always a reduction. Given that canvas boat covers are up during most of the non-ice season, the shade effect of the roof is not a significant difference.
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