GALIEN RIVER AND NEW BUFFALO HARBOR

GALIEN RIVER AND NEW BUFFALO HARBOR - CITY OF NEW BUFFALO - R281.711.2 - Slow--no wake speed; swimming; anchoring or mooring vessel.

2. (1) On the waters of the Galien river, the channels and canals connected thereto, and the New Buffalo harbor, sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, T8S, R3W, city of New Buffalo, Berrien county, it is unlawful for the operator of a vessel to exceed a slow--no wake speed.

(2) On the waters of the Galien river, the channels and canals connected thereto, and the New Buffalo harbor, sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, T8S, R3W, city of New Buffalo, Berrien county, it is lawful for a person to swim only in a buoyed area designated as a bathing area, pursuant to section 141 of Act No. 303 of the Public Acts of 1967, being §281.1141.1 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(3) On the navigable waters of the entrance channel to the New Buffalo harbor, section 4, T8S, R3W, city of New Buffalo, Berrien county, it is unlawful to anchor or moor a vessel.

History: Eff. May 6, 1978

GALIEN RIVER, PORTION OF - R281.711.3 - Slow--no wake speed.

3. On that portion of the waters of the Galien river and the channels and canals connected thereto, section 3, T8S, R3W, New Buffalo township, Berrien county, upstream from he New Buffalo city limit to a line extending southeasterly from Sloan lane along the easterly boundary of lot 10, block 24, Lake Michigan Reviera subdivision, to the water’s edge, and thence southeasterly to the nearest opposite shore, it is unlawful for the operator of a vessel to exceed a slow--no wake speed.

History: Eff. June 28, 1978

GALIEN RIVER - WC-11-95-001 - Slow--no wake speed.

On the waters of the Galien river all within section 2, T8S, R21W, New Buffalo township, Berrien county, from the Red Arrow Highway bridge, downstream to a line extending southeasterly from Sloan lane along the easterly boundary of lot 10, block 24, Lake Michigan Reviera subdivision, to the water’s edge, and thence southeasterly to the nearest opposite shore, it is unlawful for the operator of a vessel to exceed a slow--no wake speed.

The boundaries of the area described immediately above shall be marked with signs and with buoys. All buoys must be placed as provided in a permit issued by the Department of Natural Resources and be in conformance with the State Uniform Waterway Marking System.

History: Eff. May 10, 1995