Author of the article: Tom Morrison
Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021  â¢Â February 12, 2021  â¢Â 2 minute read  â¢Â
Jim Crane is outraged after land near Iona Station originally donated by his late great uncle, James Crane, was sold off by the local conservation authority. He's pictured next to a memorial cairn on the land, and holding an oil painting of James Crane, a doctor, teacher and conservationist who planted trees on the seven-acre property in the 1930s. Max Martin/Postmedia Network SunMedia
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Elgin County staff have looked into the history of a former conservation area and have found nothing which would have prevented the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority from selling the land to a private owner.