Concerns are growing over multiple derelict boats that have washed up onto the shores of False Creek.<\/p>\n
They are hard to miss, and residents are raising questions about safety, environmental impacts, and who is ultimately responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou would think the government or someone could just come and pick them up or get rid of them somehow,\u201d one passer-by told CityNews.<\/p>\n
That may seem like the obvious solution, but it\u2019s complicated as to which government agency would take charge.<\/p>\n
Transport Canada is the lead agency responsible for vessel safety and enforcing laws like the Canada Shipping Act and the Wrecked, Abandoned, or Hazardous Vessels Act.<\/p>\n
If a vessel poses an environmental threat, the Canadian Coast Guard steps in.<\/p>\n
While the city oversees most public docks in False Creek, the Vancouver Police Department enforces permits for docked vessels.<\/p>\n
Transport Canada tries to identify the owners who, under federal law, are responsible for covering the cost of removal, with penalties ranging from warnings to fines.<\/p>\n
The city confirms that 20 boats have been impounded in False Creek over the last two years, but the ones at Sunset Beach remain.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, while locals don\u2019t want them to become a permanent problem, the wrecks have become an accidental tourist attraction.<\/p>\n
For now, officials say enforcement is \u201congoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Concerns are growing over multiple derelict boats that have washed up onto the shores of False Creek. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-550425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}