There's been some confusion as to the location of the final Vanier Park designated drinking zone, approved at the July 27, 2020 park Board meeting. Here is the map that was included in the Park Board revised report "Liquor Consumption in Parks By-law & Pilot Program - Report Back" (pg 11 Appendix A) dated July 24 and approved on the 27th. As you can see it runs beside and in between the 2 duck ponds and this wildlife habitat is bound to be impacted. The ducks and beavers frequently cross back and forth over that area between the 2 ponds to get from one to another, so crowds of humans hanging out here drinking will interfere with their natural roaming. They don't just swim in the pond, but they roam the whole area all year, and, in the summer, with their chicks. Unlike geese, the ducks and beavers tend to avoid humans and scurry away if you get too close. The beavers won't appear at all if there are too many people around, and are a rare sight. It's not even that people will be drinking, so much as the crowds that designating this a drinking area will attract that will disturb and scare off the wildlife. But with the drinking there's bound to be an increase in the noise, disturbance and disruptive behaviour. While most people can drink responsibly there are always those who cannot and this is an out of the way location for the park ranger and police buggy patrols. In addition, the northern area of the designated zone is quite windy and is a popular kite flying area, so turning that section into a BYOB zone will displace the kite flyers. Furthermore this whole area is quite soggy and there are lots of geese turds, so it's not an ideal spot for a drinking zone anyway. There’s also the problem of people bringing more dogs with them to the area and allowing them to run after the wildlife, unleashed or even leashed.