Patricia Mason-Levasseur with a photograph of Patrick Keith who drowned at Crystal Beach on July 22, 2016.
The end of summer for Patricia Mason-Levasseur means another season has come and gone without the changes she'd like to see at private beaches in Ontario.
At the time, Mason-Levasseur said their home was about 200 metres from where Keith drowned, on a patch of beach to the east of Crystal Beach Waterfront Park. The beach is privately owned but easily accessible to the public, Mason-Levasseur said. "Based on the waves and currents observed during the site visit , when conditions were similar to the time of the accident on July 22, 2016, it is reasonable to expect that a dangerous current was present at the time of drowning," Houser wrote in the report.According to Mason-Levasseur, there have been at least two other drowning deaths in the Crystal Beach area since her husband's death.
None of the claims have been tested in court. Mason-Levasseur's lawyer, Joseph Fearon, told CBC Hamilton he expects the case to go to trial next year.Underwater teams join search for boat passenger who disappeared swimming in Lake Erie But with many visitors coming from outside the region in summertime, Redekop says people many not know what the polls indicate or they may ignore signs.
The highest number over the 14-year period — 36 drownings — was recorded in 2018. The group has recorded 14 drownings this year — of which, two were off Ontario shores. Crystal Beach resident Nigel Hay knows first-hand how quickly danger can strike when people enter the water in less than ideal conditions.
Hay said he'd also like to see more signage at the beach "to warn the people that come down here... As most of them are not from town, they don't know the dangers or what lurks below the water here. When the weather changes very quickly, this becomes very dangerous," he said, looking out over the waves, months later.
Redekop said costs and staff shortages make lifeguarding work difficult to implement. He says there also needs to be a greater investment in swimming lessons, especially in larger city centres where people are coming from in summer.
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