MABOU — Lessons should have been learned from the 2021 controversy over proposed plans for a golf course at Owls Head, says a Mabou-based advocate for the ...
West Mabou Beach Provincial Park is being considered as a proposed site of an 18-hole golf course to be developed by Cabot Cape Breton. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST - IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POSTMABOU — Lessons should have been learned from the 2021 controversy over proposed plans for a golf course at Owls Head, says a Mabou-based advocate for the West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.
Now with talk ramping up that a Cabot Cape Breton developer is considering plans to create a privately-owned golf course on the site of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park, Hunt is renewing her call to keep the provincial park as is. “If you or I made one pass through the dunes with an ATV, we would be subject to a fine of up to $2,000 plus have our machine confiscated. Yet this golf proposal would turn our peaceful, pristine and healthy environment into a noisy, dusty construction zone for years as it strips away 95 per cent of the dunes and decimates the overall habitats.”
The Cape Breton Post attempted to reach Ben Cowan-Dewar, CEO of Cabot Cape Breton, through his assistant. But a phone call left on Friday went unreturned. Coun. Lynn Chisholm, whose district include the West Mabou park, said in a phone message that while she is not opposed to golf courses and any development efforts, she’s against setting a course up specifically at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.
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