Posted: Apr 15, 2021 5:15 PM AT | Last Updated: April 15
Francis Doyle fears his well could be washed away within months.(Erin Pottie/CBC)
A Cape Breton man says erosion has claimed 30 or more metres of his property along the Lake O'Law brook, and he believes the province is responsible.
Francis Doyle of Margaree Valley claims the government redirected the brook's flow closer to his property during improvements to the Cabot Trail around the 1950s.
The 57-year-old purchased the Egypt Road home in 2002 from his brother-in-law, but said the property has been in his family since he was born.
"Over time it just keeps eroding with the nasty weather," he said.