PEI

Basin Head beach closed for dredging

Starting Monday, Basin Head Provincial Park beach in Souris, P.E.I., will be closed to the public for dredging of the channel.

Beach will be off limits until at least July 1

Girl running on beach.
The land area that gets wet under a high tide are considered public spaces. That area continues to move further inland as the coastline recedes. (Jane Robertson/CBC)

Starting Monday, Basin Head Provincial Park beach in Souris, P.E.I., will be closed to the public for dredging of the channel.

The provincial government said security will be at the beach to tell people it's closed. The Basin Head Fisheries Museum remains open to the public.

The dredging should be done by July 1. 

The province dredged the area last year too, in an attempt to correct the channel. 

Basin Head consistently appears on lists of the best beaches on Prince Edward Island.

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