Members of the group Concerned Citizens of Bowen Island have been working hard to organize a flotilla of boaters in Howe Sound, with the aim of sending a message to Premier Christy Clark. The message is this: Woodfibre LNG and 1000 LNG mega-tankers are wrong for Howe Sound.
It is the wrong place for a class A Hazard industry. The wrong place for an LNG plant sited over two thrust earthquake faults, using a cooling system banned in California, New York and parts of Europe and the wrong place for dangerous 1000’ mega-tankers which imperil the safety of population centres along the Sound including Lions Bay, Bowen Island, Horseshoe Bay and West Vancouver.
Bowen Island boaters are invited to join the flotilla that will assemble Saturday July 11th at 11:00 am between Bowyer Island and the mainland and to blow their horns in protest as they cross the proposed tanker route and then proceed up the sound to arrive at Ekins Point (north end of Gambier Island) by 2:00pm for speakers discussing the challenges currently facing Howe Sound and live music by the Sunshine Coast band, Brothers in Farms.
In February Bowen Island Muncipal Council passed a resolution to the provincial government to ban the passage of LNG tankers in the waters of Howe Sound. Municipal Councils & Regional Districts around the Sound including have all passed resolutions questioning the wisdom of locating this project in Howe Sound.
The recovery of Howe Sound from the previous industrial resource extraction projects has cost millions of tax dollars and hundreds of volunteer hours. Orcas, humpbacks, dolphins, salmon and herring have returned. Antique glass sponge reefs, unique to the area, have been discovered. Howe Sound is home, a place for everyone to enjoy and a tourist destination for millions of people from around the world.
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