When Patricia Stanlake was a girl, she used to run through the sand and hide between the logs on Island View Beach.
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The CRD plans to fence off an area stretching from the north parking lot of the park, along the berm pathway all the way to the Tsawout First NationB次元官网网址檚 land on the north end of the park. Their proposed plan would allow only two narrow access points to the beach, excluding all the area where logs and sand intermingle to provide what Stanlake and generations of children after her have used to play, picnic and generally enjoy the beach.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 97 years old and I was here a long time before the CRD. My friendB次元官网网址檚 brother used to own this as farm land and we used to camp right here for over 30 years. I was happy when the CRD bought this land because I thought it would be safe for the future but nowB次元官网网址次元官网网址� said Stanlake, sadly shaking her head as she watched children climbing over the logs in the soon to be restricted area.
B次元官网网址淲hat are they (the CRD) doing? . I donB次元官网网址檛 know what theyB次元官网网址檙e thinking and to tell the truth, I donB次元官网网址檛 think they do either,B次元官网网址� said Stanlake.
I just want them to leave the park alone. I hope they come to their senses and do the right thing.B次元官网网址�
