An environmental group believes the Ojibway Shores should be saved by 'any means necessary.'
The Public Advisory Council for the Detroit River Canadian Clean-up issued the statement after Windsor MP Brian Masse demanded that the land be transferred to Canada's environment ministry.
The property is controlled by the Windsor Port Authority even though it is owned by Transport Canada.
The port authority is seeking funding for a 30-year lease to not develop the property.
Council Chair Tom Henderson says the group is not taking sides. He just wants the land protected from development.
"Both parties have strong arguments in their favour, and there is no set way to do it, any means necessary is all we ask," says Henderson. "It is the last natural shoreline in the city of Windsor, 33 acres of the riverfront there are a lot of provincial and federally protected species on the 33 acres, 28 in fact."
Henderson says there are trails at Ojibway Shores that people need to discover. He believes any development such as building a dock or a building would be a "travesty against nature."