“Nature more important than some stupid money in my pocket”: 93-year-old donates cherished island to protect natural habitat from urban crawl
2021-12-19
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“Nature was more important than some stupid money in my pocket. This is something [that’s] got to be preserved, and I kept my word.”
Thor Vikström, 93, bought the island in the late 1960s and refused to sell it to the parade of developers who knocked at his door. Nature Conservancy of Canada will protect Île Ronde habitat for birds and vulnerable