Gorge boat residents blame problems on one troublemaker

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The controversy surround derelict boats in the Gorge Waterway continues.

Another boater, 60-year-old Barry, didn’t want his last name used. He lives on a colourful plywood boat with no amenities but room for three to sleep. He’s lived there alone for 18 months, subsisting on Canada pension payments of $330 a month. The pension “doesn’t go very far,” he said.

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Source: Times Colonist

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