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If and only that trail is on Crown land then yes there is a law on the books
against it. It's s. 60 of the Land Act and those unschooled will cite it. But
s. 60 only has been used in the past 20 years against, First Nations
blockades. So academically it's illegal to build trail on Crown land but in
the real world that law does not get used. Period. If its Parks then there's a
specific law against building trail in Parks (but pipelines, powerlines,
gondolas and mining test sites are OK of course)
That FRPA you mentioned is logging tenure centric. You're probably from the
Interior or the Valley or somewhere that applies. It sometimes gets used
against those who are trespassing on others tenure and also anecdotally I've
heard of tickets written against people building stuff in active blocks. But
it doesn't apply to lands that aren't MoF and that's a huge part of the
province.
Muni land isn't Crown land. Municipalities are a creation of the province and
the feds. They are given authority to administer their lands through bylaws.
If the bylaws are silent then its fair game.
May 13, 2015, 3:22 p.m. - Lee Lau
#!markdown If and only that trail is on Crown land then yes there is a law on the books against it. It's s. 60 of the Land Act and those unschooled will cite it. But s. 60 only has been used in the past 20 years against, First Nations blockades. So academically it's illegal to build trail on Crown land but in the real world that law does not get used. Period. If its Parks then there's a specific law against building trail in Parks (but pipelines, powerlines, gondolas and mining test sites are OK of course) That FRPA you mentioned is logging tenure centric. You're probably from the Interior or the Valley or somewhere that applies. It sometimes gets used against those who are trespassing on others tenure and also anecdotally I've heard of tickets written against people building stuff in active blocks. But it doesn't apply to lands that aren't MoF and that's a huge part of the province. Muni land isn't Crown land. Municipalities are a creation of the province and the feds. They are given authority to administer their lands through bylaws. If the bylaws are silent then its fair game.