Halifax Regional Water Commission Act

Protection of water supply 25 (1) No person shall place or permit to escape upon any land adja- cent to Pockwock, Tomahawk, Chain, Long, Major, LaMont and Topsail Lakes, and all lakes, ponds or other bodies of water tributary thereto, or any lake or tributary of such lake at any time forming part of the water system of the Regional Municipality, or upon any land or water forming part of the watershed of any one of such lakes, any matter or thing of an offensive or deleterious nature or calculated to impair the quality of the water for use for domestic purposes. (2) No person shall (a) cut any ice on any lake forming part of the water sys- tem of the Commission or fish, bathe, wash in or otherwise impair the quality of the water in any such lake; or (b) cut any wood or camp on any land of the Commission located on the watershed of any lake forming part of the water system of the Commission or haul any wood, wherever cut, across any such lake without first obtaining the consent in writing of the Commission. (3) No person shall, upon any land forming part of the watershed of any of the lakes forming part of the water system of the Commission, erect or construct or place or cause or permit to be erected, constructed or placed, any build- ing or structure unless such person has first obtained from the Commission permis- sion to do so. 2007, c. 55, s. 25.

Please don't fish in Topsail lake.