Ragged Islands Closed
Well I came across this announcement by accident while doing some research, and was somewhat surprised, being as there are no postings that I have seen on or around Back Bay.
All the interior waters of the Ragged Islands are closed until December 31 2007, to all vessels. I contacted the Army Corps of Engineers, and got clarification that the closure includes ALL vessels, powered or not. This kind of bums me out, because that is a real nice place to paddle.
The primary part of the announcement was that there is essentially now a no wake zone that extends 150 yards from all land and marshes in the Back Bay National Wildlife refuge. I think this is a great idea, considering all the damage that is being done to the shoreline in the refuge due to boat wakes.
A pdf of a map of the impacted area can be found here
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