If I remember correctly from the previous Timber Island thread, the bulk of Timber Island is controlled by the LRCT and their easement prohibits public use of the island. So aside from the whole rudeness thing, the owner and the LRCT must keep you off the island, otherwise they are violating the easement. The people you saw may have been the owners or LRCT volunteers acting as policemen and enforcing the easement. Now of course, if you're in the public's water and not on the island they can complain but have no jurisdiction. This is the downside of conservation easements, someone has to enforce them and they usually cannot be changed.
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