An off-island couple have donated over 150 acres of land, including valuable shoreline, to the Island Nature Trust. This is great news as it seems we have lost access to our own own shorelines. I find it ironic that it takes people from off-island to see the value in protecting our shoreline from development, not us. We seem to be to busy selling off or developing the shoreline to notice that access to almost gone... Thank you Mr and Mrs. Perret.

Many have approached Charles and Gloria McKinnon Perret over the years in hopes of purchasing a piece of the couple’s Island paradise.

One disappointed would-be buyer after another would kindly be sent on their way.

The pair wanted the property protected — not developed.

Last August, the Perrets donated 173 acres of their land to the Island Nature Trust, ensuring the land will remain undeveloped and ecologically sensitive forever.

Piece of Island paradise protected forever
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2010-09-09/article-1735616/Piece...