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Popular birding beach receives $22,500 in improvements
By BRIAN MEDEL
Yarmouth Bureau
December 26, 2010 Chronicle Herald
A Nova Scotia beach designated as an important birding area will be even
more accessible in 2011 following $22,500 in improvements.
The South Side Beach on Shelburne County's Cape Sable Island is a
recognized bird area.
Five migratory species, including the endangered piping plover, spend time
there each year.
In the nearby town of Clarks Harbour, tourists often ask staff at the town's
visitor information centre how to get to Cape Sable Island's various
beaches, said Mayor Leigh Stoddart.
The South Side Beach "didn't have really good access," Stoddard said. But
"now with the addition of the boardwalk to the beach, along with the picnic
area and the parking lot . . . it has made a huge difference."
Because of the just-finished improvements, people can get to the white sandy
beach easily using the boardwalk, which also allows people who use
wheelchairs to visit, the mayor said.
Parking will also be easier because the upgraded parking lot can
accommodate about 30 cars.
The parking lot improvements, washroom upgrades, improved signage, picnic
tables and boardwalk were accomplished with an $11,000 federal grant and
$6,000 from the Cape Sable Important Bird Area, an international
conservation organization, said a government news release.
Sable Fish Packers Ltd. owns the beach and leases it to the South Side Beach
Association. It gave $2,000 to the project while just over $3,500 was given
by the Municipality of the District of Barrington and the town of Clarks
Harbour, said the release.
Citizens and municipal councils are lobbying Ottawa to have the shabby
lighthouse painted, something Stoddart has been working on for five years.
Federal Fisheries and Oceans minister Gail Shea has indicated the
lighthouse would be painted in 2011.
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