| Park
Boundary Adjustment
One
of the main reasons the development of the proposed resort
by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (FHSR) has not happened yet,
has been the lack of road and power access to Lot 48.
Currently the only way of accessing Lot
48 is by using the existing dirt road that goes through
Columbia Lake Provincial Park.
FHSR has requested that the Ministry of Environment enact
the Park Boundary Adjustment to Columbia Lake Provincial Park,
so that they can proceed with the road and power line construction
right through the middle of the narrow park.
The legislation that allows for the
Park Boundary Adjustment is new and has never been used in
practice. This will be the first test of the legislation,
which gives developers the tools and opportunity to develop
in Provincial Park lands.
The Ktunaxa Nation is opposed to the
prospect of the Columbia Lake Provincial Park being split
in two, and believe that this puts in jeopardy other ongoing
processes such as the re-zoning
of Lot 48 by the RDEK.
* The new ownership of the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
has offered to withdraw the application for the Park Boundary
Adjustment from active processing during the six month deferral
on Bylaws No. 1880 & 1881.
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