California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People ex rel. Baker v. Mack, 19 Cal.App.3d 1040, 97 Cal.Rptr. 448 (Cal. App. 1971):
In Wilbour v. Gallagher (1969) 77 Wash.2d 306, 462 P.2d 232, 238, the court said, 'The law is quite clear that where the level of a navigable body of water fluctuates due to natural causes so that a riparian owner's property is submerged part of the year, the public has the right to use all the waters of the navigable lake or stream whether it be at the high water line, the low water line, or in between.'
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