You're Canadian, we have similar laws. That's how easements are formed. For instance if you weren't intelligent enough to correctly survay your lot of land and mark it and either unknowingly or allowed your neighbour to encrouch on that land an easement is formed.

Same thing with paths. If you didn't make "reasonable effort" as deemed by the courts various clubs or individuals might have easement rights to your propery for skidoo, atv, walking trails etc.

That's why you see no trespassing signs in the middle of 500 acer wood lots. No trespassing signs are and have been deemed reasonable effort and have set good precedence in our courts.


Same thing can happen with squatters. If I recall it's 15, years of continuous use without interference at anytime or reasonable effort to notify them that have squatters rights.

Dont quote me on the 15 years, I haven't brushed up on property law in 5 years.

This post was edited by SBD on Oct 11 2020 02:34pm

All my land has no trespassing signs even though I allow access to anyone.

Exactly. Very similar to here. You granted rights of use while showing they do not have ownership. That's common here too, especially to skidoo and atv clubs.

Primarily wood lots here.

Any lots we may own we clearly mark as well as use orange spray paint around all markers. That includes basic propery lines next to your neighbour.

Even trees growing along a property line that someone one wants to cut down but the other dosent want it can result I said large unecessery disputes.

This post was edited by SBD on Oct 11 2020 02:40pm

I own two large coastal blocks with creek access, popular with campers not fond of hunters because they are grubs so I chain the gates if they get too bad.

This post was edited by Plaguefear on Oct 11 2020 02:39pm

Easments can really hurt resale value of your property potentially chopping of a large % if you're in an area where land value is grossly inflated like Victoria and Vancouver.

Definitely interesting stuff.

We generally have barbed wire fences anywhere rural, very few disputes.

I feel bad for fender losing his home but the law is the law.

That's is very different from Canada. We have very little in regards to private fencing aside from designated Crown military land, extream wealth areas and suburban fencing.

Rurual is typically nothing except your basic gate to any entrances onto the lots. Anyone could just drive around them usually.

Why the barbed wire in rural? Is it that at risk?

Stock retention.
I have roughly 600 head of cattle.
It's basically wild and left to their own devices.

This post was edited by Plaguefear on Oct 11 2020 03:21pm

Hunters are the greatest collective body of conservationists.