A Thunder Bay man has been slapped with a $5,000 fine for building a road on Crown land northeast of Ignace.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says James Loney was fined after a gravel road was built through Crown land to access some private lots on Sowden Lake.
Court heard that between September 2014 and December 2015, Loney excavated gravel from a pit on provincial property and disturbed the shoreline by his camp by removing some boulders.
He also filled the area with gravel and sand to create a beach.
