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Old 09-01-2020, 10:26 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by Senter Cove Guy View Post
My oldest granddaughter had this comment tonight:

"Why doesn't Marine Patrol undertake a project to blow up all the big underwater rocks so that boaters can go anywhere they want."

Sounds good to me!
My recollection is that there was an obstruction at the north end of the Hole in the Wall. Surrounded by three red buoys, and you were supposed to just go around in either direction. It was definitely a "local Knowledge" place. At some point in the 50's the area was cleared and remarked. I believe contractors used to mine the bottom at places like the Witches and use the harvest to build breakwaters. The we created DES, and now touching the bottom is tightly controlled.
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