Talk:River Dee, Wales

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[edit] Canoeing

This reads as a rather one sided view. It would be useful to also hear the justiciation for constraining canoeing. It would also be good to have a piece about canoeing and white-rafting on the Afon Tryweryn which is, after all, a major tributary of the Dee

Velela 20:14, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I don't know what the justification for restricting numbers was, this is all the WCA have to say:

http://www.welsh-canoeing.org.uk/WCA_hot_files/notices.htm#Dee%20update http://www.riversaccess.org/newsandevents.htm

The argument for banning canoeing is usually that the anglers own fishing and canoeing rights and pay more than canoeists could ever afford to fish, and they don't want canoeists crossing their lines/scaring fish away/disturbing spawning beds. I don't know what the anglers argument with respect to the Dee is, I don't think anyone outside the WCA does. I don't know why canoeing was ever allowed on the Dee either. The Corwen Anglers website (www.cadac.org.uk) doesn't mention canoeing, the Dee Anglers Association don't seem to have a website. Maybe some fisherman can fill us in.

Canoeing and Access in England and Wales could have its own article.

tebbb 01:10, 17-12-04

[edit] Industrial Uses

Is it worth adding some information on major industrial users. I know there are some major power stations on the Dee such as Connah's Quay and Deeside which abstract water for cooling purposes. kliopo