Working on Okanagan Lake害羞草研究所檚 waterfront for the past three decades, Greg Garward has never seen conditions this bad.

He and partner George Bishop have operated out of the Pier Water Sports building on the shoreline beside the Lakeside Resort for the last 20 years and are afraid they may even lose the structure.

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All the rental watercraft including Sea-Doos, kayaks, power boats, parasailing boat and the 42-foot party boat have since been taken off the water.

Activities for the recent Victoria Day long weekend, which is usually one of the busiest at the start of the season for the company, were cancelled before hand.

Garward pointed to the potential for damages and the dangers associated with the large amount of debris in the lake and having customers creating wake and making conditions worse for lakefront home owners as the reasons why.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檝e seen it before you have a family go out there and hit a log and now they have to pay $3,000 to fix a motor,害羞草研究所� said Garward. 害羞草研究所淵ou can see the dad害羞草研究所檚 upset, the mom害羞草研究所檚 upset, it害羞草研究所檚 just not worth it. It害羞草研究所檚 a sad thing to see a family come from Vancouver to have a good time and instead they害羞草研究所檝e got a huge bill and the holiday害羞草研究所檚 ruined.害羞草研究所�

Garward added the erosion of the shoreline has been happening for years and because it is riparian, government regulations prevent some work from being done.

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害羞草研究所淏asically our beach has gotten smaller and smaller and smaller until now we don害羞草研究所檛 have any beach.害羞草研究所�

Bishop and Garward are currently weighing their options for opening, including moving the watercraft to the marina and working out of a kiosk.

害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 just hard to say right now and they expect the water to keep rising to mid June,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙e just going to have to wait and see.害羞草研究所�