A longtime local fisherman who’s watched the problem grow worse in recent years says the Town of Rothesay could have worked with the fishing community to find a solution that preserved the colourful, customized shacks in the decades-old winter village.
For years now, the town has disposed of dilapidated shacks and junk when the season ended in mid-March
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 10, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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People haven’t been able to set up their traditional shacks in the ice-fishing village off Renforth Wharf in Rothesay this year. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Mike Donovan doesn’t have a traditional ice-fishing shack in the makeshift village on the Kennebasis River in Rothesay.
He prefers to fish from his lawn chair or in a small pop-up tent when it’s windy. It’s a more social experience, he said, if he’s not in an enclosed structure.
“I did have a shack for a couple years, but I just can’t socialize so I don’t like that,” said Donovan, who has been fishing there for more than 40 years.
“I usually sit on the lawn chair and … people come up and talk.
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