The Editor,
Re. “City should pay to fix historic totem” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Oct. 28).
How ridiculous to suggest moving Coquitlam’s Centennial totem pole, located behind the tennis courts off Poirier Street, to Town Centre Park. Apart from the cost of moving, it might be further damaged.
Fifty years ago, the residents of Coquitlam were asked to buy an inch of the current totem pole for $1. I did and received a certificate that states the fact.
I agree it could do with a facelift but where it stand is its home.
Maybe we could donate to the repairs and ask the Kwikwetlem First Nation to carve a new totem pole for Town Centre and the people who want it in that area could buy an inch or two at, say, $50 or $100 an inch — inflation?
E. Kear, Coquitlam
