Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell
www.ctvnews.ca
A Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him before putting him in a jail cell for nearly two hours.
  • Corngood@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Fuck the US coast guard and how they handled this, but the headline is pretty misleading.

    The coordinates given by the coast guard are indeed on the US side of the border. He says he was on the Canadian side, but it sounds like it was probably ‘near the US border’ more than it was ‘near Venise-en-Québec’.

    near Venise-en-Québec, which is roughly 15 kilometres north of the U.S. border

    If I measure on google maps it’s 7.8km to the furthest point on the lake, which is past the town. How do you get that so wrong?

    Edit: to be clear, I’m not defending the coast guard. I just think it’s worth noting that we’re reading an article that seems to get the basic facts wrong.

    • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      01·
      2 months ago

      The issue is not the location it’s the fact they jailed him and fucked up his boat over something that the Americans do constantly to our waters. Shit Ross lake is horrid for Americans coming onto the Canadian side to fish, they rip up in powerboats and cause trouble.