The family of a teenager who drowned at a beach along the Riviere Rouge two years ago is calling on the Quebec government to take action.
Sixteen-year-old Andrew Selby was walking on the shoreline when he was swallowed by mud that acted like quicksand.
His half-brother, who was with him at the time, never heard or saw anything as Andrew disappeared.
Six people have drowned in the same location since 2000, and following a death in 2005, a coroner recommended the city put up a sign warning people of the danger.
"It looks so nice, it looks so shallow, but you walk in there, and away you go," said his father, Richard.
Andrew's uncle, Gary Selby, has been lobbying the town of Riviere Rouge and the government to bar access to the beach by erecting a fence. The beach is accessible by walking down a path that begins on the side of a road and snakes though a wooded area.
The government has not responded to the family's request. Meanwhile, Riviere Rouge mayor Deborah Belanger said the town will not be putting up a fence.
"We had looked at it, and people have to know that a river is dangerous in any case. I think they have to realize that they have to be very careful," she said.
The town has put up a number of warning signs on the river and along the road -- including at the access path to the beach.
But Selby's family says that's not enough -- so they've put up a large cross at the beach in Andrew's memory, and as a warning to others.
Gary Selby said he hopes Andrew's death will not be in vain.
"I've got to come to a time in my life where I'm going to say that I did everything I could for Andrew, and there's nothing more that I could do. That time hasn't come yet."
