PORT OF LITTLE CURRENT—At its regular meeting on April 2, council for the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands approved the purchase of Little Wally’s Dock Service from Robert Little, who has operated the business on the Little Current waterfront for many years, taking over from his father.
Mr. Little had listed the property for sale and the municipality affected the purchase as a means of ensuring that quality driven fuel sales would remain available in the Port of Little Current.
“Wally’s has always been a great addition to our waterfront and council felt that it made sense to purchase the business to ensure that we continue to provide fuel sales on the waterfront,” said Mayor Al MacNevin. “The municipality wishes Mr. Little well and thanks him for his years of dedicated service to the business. I know that our Harbourmaster Reid Taylor will continue the tradition of exceptional customer service that Rob has established.”
Council has agreed to fund the purchase out of its waterfront reserve account which has been built up through contributions of the annual profits derived from the operation of the downtown docks and Spider Bay Marina. This effectively means that the purchase has no impact on local property taxpayers and is completely funded through waterfront operations.
