Are Irrigation Canals Public Access Points?

it's not a public water way or natural surface water, it's infrastructure. it's the equivalent of water pipeline, just that it's open flow. it's not even public water molecules anymore at that point after legal diversion under a decreed water right, at least in colorado.

many irrigation canals have siphons periodically. great way to die.

basically as a general rule everything about irrigation canals is absolutely off limits to public use for many reasons.
 
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Montana Code Annotated

23-2-302. Recreational use permitted -- limitations -- exceptions. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) through (5), all surface waters that are capable of recreational use may be so used by the public without regard to the ownership of the land underlying the waters.

(d) big game hunting;
Yeah. You are confused about how that reads

That is referring to elk standing on private land in a public river.

Go on and tell everyone though. The spots getting crowded.
 

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