I just saw this at the Elliot Lake message board:
http://z14.invisionfree.com/Elliot_Lake_Forum/index.php?showtopic=4627&st=0&#last
It totally disgusts me and infuriates me! This is what I referred to in a previous post -- you make something more accessible to people and you invite in the litterbugs and vandals. I wish the area would have been left as it was. There are just too many lowlives out there who hate themselves so much that they have to destroy anything that is beautiful.
If I still lived there, I would gladly volunteer to help take care of the trails and trees and Nature there! I already do -- whenever I come up for vacation, I am always carrying out bags of garbage and broken beer bottles off the trails and beach. I wish people would see how lucky they are to have such beautiful wilderness at their fingertips. I long for it, feel pain in my heart everyday because I dream about being able to live there, but can't due to financial reasons. If I made enough money off my Ebay I would totally live up there again! Elliot Lake really is a jewel in the wilderness. Damn it makes me mad when I see people trashing it this way!
Ok rant is over. I just needed to get that out!!!
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YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!! I visit Elliot Lake (dunlop shores) on average about 6 times a year to visit my boyfriend's parents and over the last 3 years I'm appalled to see the growing garbage. I escape Toronto to see beauty in E.L. and it's totally bogus that people can't pick up after themselves! I'm no tree-hugger but I don't dig litter! I guess we can only lead by example :)
I live here in Elliot Lake and I have to agree with you. There is absolutely no reason for this kind of behavior. I've always been a firm believer that whatever you haul into the bush, you haul out of the bush. Every year when we go camping, most times we have to clean the site up first.
Most of my summer is spent north of Elliot where we camp and fish and have a great time. My children were raised here and they too respect the wilderness and are teaching their children the same.
The sad part is I can't even blame outsiders that come to our area. It's being done by our own. It's a very sad situation.
Judith P.
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