Case
In re the Elk Creek lodge: the dam that was there first
A shopping centre wanted the creek straightened. The lodge had been there for eleven generations.
Water rights and dams
Every dam needs a permit. Ours come with a track record older than the permit office.
Who may hold back a creek, for how long, and who pays when the meadow floods: water law is the oldest question on the lake, and our founding practice.
What we handle
- Permits and approvals for dams, lodges and canals
- Disputes over water levels, flooding and drainage
- Easements, rights of way and riparian claims
- Defence of structures built before anyone thought to ask
We have argued that a dam is critical infrastructure, a family home and a wetland restoration project, sometimes in the same hearing. All three were true.