Enforcement on the Water Offences – Fines

This brochure contains an overview of legislation.
For all purposes of interpreting and applying the regulations, the official version
shall prevail.
See the following site (and links) - complete regulations:
http://www.mrcmemphremagog.com/programmes-et-services/securite-nautique/
Offences – Fines
2016
Here is a summary list (not including administrative charges):
Lake Memphremagog
Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations
Enforcement on the
Water
The owner, person in charge or person on board pleasure
craft shall give an officer or inspector all reasonable
assistance and produce any document, or provide them with
any information, required for the administration of the
regulations.
You should also know that some boating offences can result
in fines to both the operator of the boat as well as to the
person (owner) who allowed the operation of the boat.
 Operating a power-driven boat (or electric) in excess of the
maximum speed authorised
$200
 Operating a power-driven boat without the required age
$100
 Allowing a person without the required age to operate a
power-driven boat
$250
NOISE
Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations
 Failing to have proof on competency on board
$250
Small Vessel Regulations
 Failure to have the required pleasure craft licence on
board
$250
 Operating a vessel with safety equipment not in good
working order or not readily accessible and available for
immediate use
$200
 Operating human-powered pleasure craft without
personal flotation devices or lifejackets of appropriate
size for each person on board
Control buoy
Keep out
buoy
Information buoy
Diving buoy
PortStarboard
buoys
Members of the MRC Memphremagog boating safety
patrol are designated as enforcement officers for the
purposes of pleasure craft regulation (Canada Shipping Act
2001), and authorized by the Director of Criminal and Penal
Prosecutions of Quebec to issue violation tickets, concerning
the following federal regulations:

Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations

Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations

Small Vessel Regulations
The boating safety patrol is also authorized to enforce the
following by-law through delegation of authority by the
municipalities bordering Lake Memphremagog :

By-law concerning nuisances and intended to prevent
infestation by zebra mussels and other exotic invasive
species (municipal jurisdiction)
Provincial regulation

By-law concerning the protection of the waters from
discharge from pleasure crafts (provincial jurisdiction)
The Memphremagog Regional Police and the Provincial Police
SQ would like to inform users of small craft that regulations exist
concerning noise on the lakes which they patrol.
you are boating.
These rules are there to ensure quietude in the whole population.
We ask the cooperation of the lake users to ensure tranquility of
the neighborhood, especially when boats are anchored in a bay.
Those who contravene the noise-related regulation could be
fined.
$200
plus $100
for each
PFD or
lifejacket
missing
 Operating a power-driven vessel:
(1) without a muffler that is in good working order
(2) equipped with a muffler not conform
 Operating a vessel to tow a person on water or in air :
(1) without seating space on board for every person
being towed
(2) without a person on board other than the operator
keeping watch on every person being towed
 Operating a boat :
(1) in a careless manner, without due care and attention
for others
(2) without taking all reasonable steps to ensure the
safety of every person on board
REGULATIONS CONCERNING
As a boater, you are required to know
the rules & regulations that apply to
your boat as well as to the waters where
$250
$500
IMPAIRED DRIVING
While navigating, the sun, wind, heat and water are important
factors that considerably enhance the effects of alcohol.
CRIMINAL CODE :
$250
$250
$350
$300
A BOAT DRIVER IS SUBJECT TO PENALTIES

while his ability to operate a boat is impaired by alcohol
and/or drugs; or

having consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the
concentration exceeds 80 mg / 100 ml of blood
By-law intended to prevent infestation by zebra
mussels and other exotic invasive species
Municipal regulation
 Any boat owner must be able to present a valid washing
certificate or user certificate
$100
Regulation respecting the protection of waters from
pleasure craft discharges
Provincial regulation
 Any boat equipped with a fixed or portable toilet must
have a water-tight holding tank and be emptied to an
emptying station
$1000
 Any person who empties or causes to have emptied the
holding tank elsewhere than at the emptying station
$2000
 Any discharge (organic, liquid or solid) coming from a
pleasure boat constitutes an infraction
$2000
* Discharge excludes kitchen and laundry waste water ("grey water") and
the wastes from the boat's motor.
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Ambulance - Fire department ................................................................. 911
Memphremagog Regional Police ........................................... 819-843-3334
Provincial Police SQ ............................................................... 819-564-1212
Sherbrooke Weather Station .................................................. 819-564-5702
Transport Canada ............................................................... 1 800-267-6687
Environment-Emergency (cyanobacteria) ........................... 1 866-694-5454
BOATING SAFETY PATROL
819-620-7669
819-821-0435
Lake Memphremagog / Regulations
Symbol
: to get
ser’s certificate (boat sticker). Before launching, any boat / craft must have a valid washing certificate or user certificate.
BOAT WASHING STATIONS
Magog – La Capitainerie
353 Hatley St (819-843-1927)
7 days / End of April to End of September
Opening at 6 a.m. / Closing time is variable
Magog – Club de voile Memphrémagog
135, Plage des Cantons (819-847-3181)
7 days / June to September
(non-motorized craft)
201, Narrow Road 247, Fitch Bay
(819-876-5577)
7 days / End of April to September
Flexible schedule
(depending on temperature / traffic)
Ogden – Cedarville Landing
(Weir park)
Weir Road, Cedarville (819-876-7157)
7 days / End of April to September
Flexible schedule
(depending on temperature / traffic)
Ct Potton – Vale-Perkins Landing
George-R-Jewett (450-292-0045)
7 days / End of April to September
5 a.m. to 5 p.m
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RESTRICTIONS
Zone A
No motor boat
- Rivière-aux-Cerises
- Baie de Magog beaches
- Vale Perkins beach (Potton)
- Weir beach (Ogden)
Zone B
Maximum 10 km/h
- Rivière-aux-Cerises
- Baie de Magog
- Rivière Magog
- Greene Bay (known as Verte Bay)
- Narrow Fitch (Fitch Bay)
Maximum 10 km/h
- 0-100 m from shore
Maximum 70 km/h
- remaining part of the lake
BUOYS
DISPLACING A BUOY IS PROHIBITED
CONTROL BUOY 
Speed limit / restriction
INFORMATION BUOY
Wakeboard-Wakesurf
generating large waves should
be practiced at
250 m. from shore.
Information buoys
are installed in some areas of
the lake.
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MARINAS – PUBLIC SERVICES
(check with marinas for services: gas, etc.)
Magog
Marina Audet
819-843-1978
Marina Merry
819-843-2728
Magog Marine 819-843-3788
Fitch Bay
Marina Fitch Bay 819-876-7991
Georgeville
Marina Roy
819-847-3142
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MacPherson wharf, Magog (free)
Marina Merry, Magog ($)
Marina l’Émeraude, Magog ($)
Yacht Club St Benoît, Austin
(members and residents - Sargent Bay $)
 Private marinas (members only)
BOAT LAUNCHING AREA
MUNICIPALITIES
Magog – La Capitainerie
353 Hatley St
Ogden – Cedarville Landing
Weir Road
 Ville de Magog
Ct Stanstead – Parc Forand
201 Narrow Rte 247, Fitch Bay
Ct Potton – Vale-Perkins
 Canton de Stanstead
Landing
778 Sheldon, Ct de Stanstead (819-876-2948)
Ct Stanstead – Georgeville
Carré Copp
George-R-Jewett Road
Austin – Bryant Landing
Bryant Landing Road
7 Principale Est, Magog (819-843-7106)
 Ogden
70 Ogden, Ogden (819-876-7117)
 Canton de Potton
2 Vale Perkins, Mansonville (450-292-3313)
 Austin
21 Millington, Austin (819-843-2388)
Ct Stanstead – Parc Forand
SEWAGE PUMPOUT
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