Skip to content
  1. Home
  2. Opinion

Letter: We came across this highly ironic sign on the Chapman Creek Trail

"We respectfully request that you leave this most lovely location with all the litter/refuse that you came with (no matter how minute), as well as any other that you might come across. This way future generations may enjoy its manifest beauty as much as you/we do." Reads the sign on a tree stump.
Coast Reporter
O. Clearcut
The sign on a tree stump reads, "We respectfully request that you leave this most lovely location with all the litter/refuse that you came with (no matter how minute), as well as any other that you might come across. This way future generations may enjoy its manifest beauty as much as you/we do. – The Chapman Creek Preservation Society." In the background are other cut down trees. Submitted Photo

Editor: 

My partner and I stumbled upon this incredibly ironic and sad scene while walking the Chapman Creek Trail this week. It begs the question not only what are we leaving for future generations but being in our early thirties, what are we leaving for ourselves? What are we leaving for all the animals we are so fortunate to share this stunning forest ecosystem with? Perhaps this sign was fatefully left as a wake-up call. 

Amanda & Curtis Smith 

Sechelt