What is the presumption of private ownership by the adjacent landowner to the midpoint?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation et al. v. The Attorney General of Canada et al., 2021 ONSC 4181 (CanLII):
For non-tidal waters, the presumption is private ownership by the adjacent landowner to the mid-point, but it is subject to the public right of navigation if the waters are navigable: Caldwell v. McLaren, [1884] U.K.P.C. 21, at p. 10.
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