Tag Archives: Shore Road Allowance

Beyond the Water’s Edge: Navigating Shore Road Allowances in Your Waterfront Investment

  The Shore Road Allowance (SRA) in the Muskoka region represents a significant consideration for both potential buyers and existing owners of waterfront properties. The SRA is a remnant of 19th-century land use policy that reserved a 66-foot-wide strip of land along the water’s edge for public access and potential road construction—a construction that, in […]

In Cottage Country – What is a Shore Road Allowance?

What is a Shore Road Allowance? A Shore Road Allowance (sometimes referred to as the original shore road allowance or SRA) runs parallel to the shoreline of most lakes and rivers. To the best of my knowledge they were put in place when the land was first surveyed. Originally being 66 feet wide, the old measure of […]