Grand River Conservation Authority crews are completing the annual fall removal of its safety booms and buoys over the next few weeks.

The booms and buoys are installed each spring upstream of GRCA dams on navigable waterways to alert paddlers, anglers, and boaters to stay away from the dams.

The booms and buoys are in addition to permanent signage that is installed at GRCA-owned dams warning people of dangers around dams and alerting paddlers and boaters of portage access points.

The removal of these buoys and booms is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, depending on weather conditions. The removal is necessary since they would be damaged or displaced if left in the water during the winter months when ice and high-water flow events are common, said the GRCA.

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