Wellers Bay is likely to have undetonated explosives because it was a World War 2 air weapons range…

hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard: Wellers Bay is likely to have undetonated explosives because it was a World War 2 air weapons range - which probably means it was used for practice bombing runs, or perhaps just strafing runs. Still, it seems like a good idea to avoid it.However, locals had been using it since the creation of the wildlife area in 1978, including recreationally. In 2011, the beaches were officially closed, both to protect the wildlife and to avoid the risk of explosions.Of course, the banned locals protested that nothing had happened, so they wanted to keep using the beach. In a 2017 story on unexploded bombs and ammo, the Toronto Star quoted Jon Preston, the operations manager for the Canadian Department of National Defence:“People who choose to go onto to that beach, there is a risk,” said Preston. “I empathize with them that they have been using that site for years without any accident. But I remember growing up with my parents and not wearing seatbelts and now we…