Hello all, I have been moving about the Island of Newfoundland addressing Keep Right! issues and adding missing features. While doing so, I encountered an area of coastline along the Burin Peninsula that appears odd to me. Specifically, the Garnish River here:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.2322/-55.3473 On the regular map, it looks fine. In the iD Editor, however, the banks of the river are designated as the coastline. Now, I know that this is reasonable in some circumstances (generally, where the ocean water is directly present in the waterway). But if you look at it in the editor, the coastline doesn't stop in that area. In fact, the coastline extends deep into the interior of the peninsula, tracing along the riverway all the way to just north of Clam Pond. Again, I know this can be reasonable in cases where, if I recall correctly, the water itself is at ocean level or similar. I recall there being wrangling over the St. Lawrence regarding the coastline designation, but this is nowhere near as big as that river. But I am from this Province and have lived on that peninsula - the entire place is a quagmire of hills and gullies. I do not believe that this river is level with the ocean, at least not to this extent. The data source for it is NRCAN CANVEC 8.0. I reviewed the Natural Resources Canada "Toporama" map for the area to check the altitude of the river as it extends eastward. The river passes to the south of "Morgans Pond" and, as it does so, crosses a 50ft topographical line there. So, in my mind, that means that it must be descending as it moves to the west and can't be considered ocean at this point, at least. With that in mind, I am just looking for some input from the group here. I don't want to change something like that only to find I was wrong for one reason or another. Thanks, Adam
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