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Originally Posted by Juventus3
Yea the offshore signs help people starting close to the wier, but I'm not recalling (and correct me if I'm wrong) any signs at Bowness Park, which I know is where a lot of people start their rafting from.
I don't want to be the guy defending these two, because it's no one's fault but their own, but no markings on the water or at the starting point of their trip makes it somewhat understandable how this happened, especially considering they're new arrivals to the city.
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I guess my thought is do we really need the shore of the Bow to be littered with signs that tell about a danger several kilometres away? One of the reasons I raft down the Bow is it gives me a chance to unwind and relax in a somewhat natural setting without having to leave the city.
The other thing is that isn't one of the rules of boating that you know the waters you are going into? I know I found out about the weir when I asked around before taking a trip. In this case it appears that one of the survivors said that he was aware of the weir, and assumed he could use the emergency measures to stop when they got there.
And, not all of the signs are offshore. There's at least on the middle of a bridge at least a kilometre before the weir.