Fans of fishing at the Cobb Lake recreation site are asked to drop the ministry responsible for the area a line.
The Recreation Sites and Trails Branch of the Ministry of Forests, Range and Natural Resource Operations is considering doubling the amount of campsites at Cobb Lake.
The site, approximately 60 kilometres west of Prince George off Finmore Road, currently has space for eight campsites. The ministry is looking at increasing that amount to 16 by extending the existing road in the site by approximately 300 metres down the beach front, Peterson said.
The ministry is inviting comment from the public on this proposal.
"The site gets a lot of use in the summer for fishing and whatnot and we think it definitely could use expansion. It would get used," said recreation officer Tom Peterson. "We get a lot of people from Prince George actually that use that site."
Dan Moffat, sporting goods manager at Northern Hardware agreed.
"It's good fishing there," said Moffat, adding he often sends customers to the lake if they're looking for a good catch.
The lake is stocked with trout and is a popular spot to fish year round.
Moffat said he could understand the appeal of adding more campsites.
"When the fish are biting Cobb Lake gets pretty busy," Moffat said. "It would probably be a good thing to expand it."
Last summer a new boat launch was also installed at the lake. "We just want to give people an opportunity to recreate at a quality site," he said.
Even though the campsite use isn't in question, the consultation could also turn up some dissent.
"We don't want to try and predict the outcome of the public consultation, but want to make sure people who may be impacted by these changes have a chance to voice their opinion," Peterson said.
Comments will be accepted until June 1 and depending on the outcome, Peterson said he isn't expecting any construction to begin until next year.
"We have to get an archeological impact assessment done and that's taking some time because there is quite a bit of history there," he said.
To comment on this proposal, contact Tom Peterson in Vanderhoof at 250-567-6416 or email [email protected] by June 1.
