Real Life Yellowstone?

[sumdumguy]

If everyone could just close off access at will, can you imagine the road grid? Here in southern Sask there is pretty much a road of some sort every mile and the grid roads are uninterrupted and straight. I am not sure how RM’s with large pastures and native grass plan roads.

[LEP]

If everyone could just close off access at will, can you imagine the road grid? Here in southern Sask there is pretty much a road of some sort every mile and the grid roads are uninterrupted and straight. I am not sure how RM’s with large pastures and native grass plan roads.

Access is assured because a 66ft road allowance is surveyed on the 1 by 2 mile grid. It actually isn’t the landowner’s land even though they may farm it.

[poorboy]

[QUOTE=jwab

Crossing public land
Uplands may have to be crossed to reach a Crown-owned water body or watercourse. In these cases, permission from the landowner or Crown land leaseholder should be obtained.[/QUOTE]

Kind of two conficting things in that website that adds to ftustration for both parties. It says “crossing public land” then goes on to say you should get permission from the “landowner” or leaseholder.

If we are talking about crossing public land is the landowner not the Government, as you can’t be a landowner of public land can you?

[makar]

As i understand it the ranch land in question is deeded not leased. https://globalnews.ca/news/7680205/b...y-wins-appeal/

[poorboy]

https://www.mmlc.ca/article24.htm

Apparately the rules in BC and maybe every where look to include public access across deeded land if the road or trail existed when the deed was sold. Hope the above link worked.

One of the contentious parts if the story is that the Douglas Lake ranch has built special buildings and is selling fishing vacations on these 2 lakes.

[poorboy]

If the prairie provinces have the same land titles as BC, it would appear that if you bought crown land from the government and it had a public access road on it, then that will stay as part of your deed. Lots of grazing leases have been purchased over the years and it appears that all oil and gas roads are public property forever on those quarters, even though you may now hold a deed.

[sumdumguy]

Poor boy,

I guess they will provide access to their facilities. The only way in will be their way.

[makar]

Hope the ranch is run better than the dealerships.

[Horse]

271000 deeded acres,1023000 crown, for a total of 1.2b mill acres and owned by an American, And they think they have the right to restrict public assess to the fishing and hunting,. As that's big part of there business.

[LEP]

If the prairie provinces have the same land titles as BC, it would appear that if you bought crown land from the government and it had a public access road on it, then that will stay as part of your deed. Lots of grazing leases have been purchased over the years and it appears that all oil and gas roads are public property forever on those quarters, even though you may now hold a deed.

That's interesting. Usually an oil and gas company pays for access. It is a private agreement. Said oil and gas company builds and maintains to whatever standard they require.

Not sure how that allows the public to use it.