Photos posted on Facebook showed tents and camping chairs lined up along a beach, as well as empty beer cans and other garbage littering the sand
“We’re seeing a lot of tents on public beaches, in forests, on private land without the approval of the owners of that land,” Mayor Daniel Cote said in an interview Thursday.
A series of photos posted on Facebook Wednesday showed tents and camping chairs lined up along a beach, as well as empty beer cans and other garbage littering the sand. The Canadian Press could not independently verify the photos, which purportedly were taken at Haldimand Beach in Gaspe. The town is also working with Quebec provincial police and the nearby Mi’kmaq Nation of Gespeg to protect the area, Cote added. “As a municipality we don’t have coercive power to force people to leave the areas … so we’re going to go with raising awareness.”
The regional public health authority launched an awareness campaign this month to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19 in the Gaspe region amid the wave of tourists. “They’re not police. It’s important to say that,” Beaulieu-Gendron said about the workers, in an interview. “It’s really to raise awareness to avoid a second wave, or in any case, to decrease the risk of spreading the virus in the region during summer vacation.”
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