I would, however, be very cautious carrying alcohol between cottages or walking down the road carrying it (even if it is in a sealed case or container) as the exemption for leaseholders is very specific.

Here is a pdf to the Regulation:

Rondeau Alcohol OK

Cheers!

- by Brian French, RCA Executive

For some Rondeau cottagers, an assault charge against the Rondeau Provincial Park’s superintendent comes as no surprise. According to the president of the Rondeau Cottagers Association, it seemed inevitable.

“I’m surprised this didn’t happen sooner,” Dr. David Colby said of the assault charge against park superintendent Richard Post.

Members of the cottage association have been at odds with Post for several months with many having referred to the superintendent as a bully. Colby said the victim, who is a senior citizen and retired principal, “is not exactly what you would call a desperado or a troublemaker.”

Chatham-Kent OPP said a complaint was received around 8 a.m. Friday about an alleged assault that occurred in Rondeau Provincial Park. A police investigation determined an occupant of a residence in the park was assaulted, OPP said, adding the victim didn’t suffer any injuries.

Post, 48, of London, has been charged with assault under the Criminal Code, OPP said. He is scheduled to appear in Chatham court May 25.

In the meantime, Post will remain on the job.

Bradley Fauteux, managing director of Ontario Parks, told The Chatham Daily News on Monday: “Until we get a complete review of the situation, the park superintendent is just going to continue to fulfil his regular duties and responsibilities.”

When the review is complete, he said, it will be determined if Post remains on the job. Some don’t agree. “I think at the very least, (Post) needs to be relieved of his duties until such time as this case as been heard,” Colby said. “We think this is only the latest incident in a long litany of inappropriateness by Mr. Post.”

Cottagers contacted the Daily News last September over a YouTube video showcasing Post tearing apart a driftwood creation on the beach, which included the superintendent throwing large pieces of wood while people watched nearby.

Cottagers also expressed concerns about Post during a public meeting with park officials in June 2011. Before this latest incident, Colby said he and association vice-president Brian French went to the OPP and warned them “there is going to be trouble out here.”

The association has advised cottagers to call police rather than have face-to-face dealings with Post, he said.

“The seniors are just scared to death of him,” Colby explained.

He said numerous complaints have been made to Post’s boss, John Salo, at Ontario Parks. The complaints have gone higher up the chain of command but nothing has been done.

“I’m outraged,” Colby said, adding there have been more complaints about Post than all of park superintendents who have served in the 100-plus year history of Rondeau.

When asked if he was aware of the complaints about the park superintendent, Fauteux said it was “inappropriate” for him to comment as the issue is before the courts.

The Daily News asked if Post is found guilty, might he be removed from Rondeau?

“I think when we do the review, it’s going to take into consideration all sorts of things like that,” Fauteux said. “The disposition of that event, I would expect it would play a part, but really until the review is done, it’s tough for me to make a determination.”

The superintendent of Rondeau Provincial Park is facing an assault charge in connection with an incident involving a cottager in the park.

Chatham-Kent OPP said a complaint was received around 8 a.m. Friday about an alleged assault that occurred in Rondeau Provincial Park. A police investigation determined that the park superintendent assaulted an occupant of a residence in the park, OPP said.

The victim didn’t suffer any injuries, OPP said.

Richard Post, 48, of London, has been charged with assault under the Criminal Code, OPP said.

He is scheduled to appear in Chatham court May 25.

“After a nearly ice-free winter, Lake Erie was filled with swirls of suspended sediment and algae on the first day of spring 2012. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image at 16:25 a.m. Central Daylight Time on March 21, 2012.

Muddy, tan-colored water along the shoreline reveals sediment that has washed out of the rivers and streams that feed the lake. Milky green, light blue, and white shades may also be sediment-rich waters. As the shallowest of the Great Lakes, Erie&rsqo;s bottom can be stirred up by strong spring winds and the currents they generate. The lake bottom is rich in quartz sand and silt, as well as calcium carbonate (chalk) from limestone.

Warm temperatures this winter meant more rainfall than snow, and more immediate runoff from streams. River flow with sediment was much higher than average for much of the winter, according to NOAA oceanographer Richard Stumpf.

Some patches of green in the water are algae and other forms of phytoplankton. Air temperatures have been well above normal in the region for most of the winter, and particularly in the past week. Since the lake has been mostly clear of ice, algae and other phytoplankton have been blooming for several weeks. By mid-March, water temperatures in Lake Erie were in the upper 30s (Fahrenheit). “Even when ice covered, Lake Erie can get strong winter algal blooms,” wrote Stumpf.”

Photo was taken March 21, 2012 by earthobservatory.nasa.gov