Dauphin River Small Craft Harbour Dredging and Pile Installation
Public Notice
Dauphin River Small Craft Harbour Dredging and Pile Installation
August 7, 2025 – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours Branch, must determine whether the proposed Dauphin River Small Craft Harbour Dredging and Pile Installation project located on the Dauphin River in Manitoba is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.
To help inform this determination, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website.
Written comments must be submitted by September 7, 2025 to:
Deirdre Connell
1111 International Blvd Suite 701, Burlington, ON, L7L 6W6
905-975-8523
The Proposed Project
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours is planning a project at the Dauphin River Small Craft Harbour located on the Dauphin River in Manitoba.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Small Craft Harbours is responsible for maintaining safe and accessible harbours at Dauphin River, MB. This harbour requires dredging of the entrance channel and offloading area in order to maintain safe navigation within the Dauphin River Harbour. In order to protect against ice flows and changing water levels, the Harbour Authority removes the floating docks prior to freeze up and reinstalls the floating docks after ice out. During these operations the anchor blocks and/or chains become lost or damaged and often become unusable. The installation of steel anchor piles will drastically increase the safety and efficiency of the annual float installation and removal.
This project includes:
- Dredging 850 cubic metres of material from the entrance channel and offloading area in order to maintain safe navigation within the harbour
- Installation of 4 steel anchor piles to increase safety and efficiency of harbour operations and maintenance related to float installation and removal
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