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Originally Posted by Authentic_City
And circling back to the Alexander Docks, I hope whatever redevelopment happens preserves its original function as a place to dock boats because Winnipeg is a river city and we should do more to encourage folks to use the water for pleasure and possibly even commuting via water taxi.
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There is presently one volunteer club based marina in Winnipeg and one in West St. Paul. This is down from seven or more when I started using the river 30 years ago. They have a very difficult time maintaining docks due to the rapidly and continually changing river levels.
There used to be 15 docks on my street. Now there is one. There are no more docks at the Forks.
It is just not practical to have a marina development in Winnipeg. It is a nice thing to think about but not in practice.