Gabriola forest sign
You’ve seen those signs the Government of Canada has posted along the edges of their Gabriola property. They say private property and no trespassing.
Or at least that’s what the signs all used to say. This one’s been modified. Typical of Gabriola, don’t you think? (Don’t you tell me what to do!
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The sign is about 20 feet above the ground, so I wonder who took a ladder to the woods and went to all this trouble. I suspect a certain Gabriola painter, who ranted about these signs a while ago. But who knows? Was it you?
This sign is on the north side of the Tunnel on North Road. Have a peek next time you pass that way, and see if it’s still there.
Update, July 2010: the modified sign is gone — it’s been replaced by another official sign.
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2 Responses to “Gabriola forest sign”
Michael Mehta on 29 Dec 2009 at 8:15 pm #
The modified sign makes a good point. If this property belongs to the Government of Canada, then it belongs to all of us. Therefore, a sign indicating private property seems out of character, unless of course the government is hiding weapons of mass destruction or is engaged in biotechnology experiments on how to make bambi more vicious.
John Hudson on 30 Dec 2009 at 9:09 pm #
“If this property belongs to the Government of Canada, then it belongs to all of us.”
Actually, it belongs to the Queen, and is held by the Federal Government on behalf of the monarchy. Almost 90% of the land area of Canada is Crown Land, held by either Federal or Provincial governments (almost all the Federal Crown Land is in the Northern territories; little parcels like this one on Gabriola are quite rare).