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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ju ly 14 ,2 02 2 | 14 Retirement Living Open House Saturday July 16th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm Churchill Place & Trafalgar Lodge Experience what retirement living is really like with curated experiences that add the wow into your day and get to know the residents and staff who help make everyday extraordinary. Call to RSVP today. Churchill Place 905-338-3311 345 Church St., Oakville Trafalgar Lodge 905-842-8408 299 Randall St., Oakville Life, Continued... The Town of Oakville has few answers about why someone decided to dig a large hole in Corona- tion Park. The hole, which was de- scribed as five feet by two feet wide and a couple feet deep, was discovered by a resident and reported to the town at approximately 7:30 a.m., Saturday, June 25. The town's director of parks and open space Chris Mark says it was probably dug that Friday evening or during the ear- ly morning hours of Satur- day. "A parks department staff member went to as- sess the situation and im- mediately installed cau- tion tape around the hole to block public access until staff could return with proper tools and material to fill the hole and reopen the area," said Mark. The parks and open space director confirmed this was not a sinkhole and was not dug by an animal. Indeed, he said, it was dug by a person who, for some reason, appears to have taken the dirt from the hole. "We have no idea who dug it or where the materi- al went, why they picked that location ... It's never happened before," said Mark. "It seems like someone is building a sandcastle or something." Mark also confirmed this was not about stealing a tree since there was no tree at the site previously. He said the hole was near a trail, so it was not a particularly secluded loca- tion if someone was plan- ning to clandestinely bury something. "This was completely obvious," said Mark. A challenge on the so- cial media platform Tik- Tok that calls on people to dig large holes has made headlines in Florida in re- cent days with local media there reporting people dig- ging deep holes on beach- es, but then not filling them in afterward. On June 23, the Marco Island Police Department took to Twitter posting a picture of a particularly deep hole, which they said was a hazard not only to beachgoers, but baby sea turtles. While Oakville may not have baby sea turtles to worry about, Mark said the hole was still a hazard and noted people can face penalties for creating a hole on public property and just leaving it. "Digging a hole like that and leaving it is definitely a violation of our parks by- law and anybody found do- ing that, upon conviction, certainly can be fined," said Mark. "It is dangerous to the public. Coronation Park is one of our busiest water- front parks, and especially to do that on a Friday night or Saturday morning when the park is extreme- ly busy is incredibly un- safe." TOWN PUZZLED ABOUT LARGE HOLE DUG IN CORONATION PARK DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS Peculiar find ... Town of Oakville staff discovered a large, deep hole that measured five feet by two feet and several feet deep along the pathway adjacent to the children's splash pad in Coronation Park. The hole was apparently dug with a shovel was discovered earlier in the week and filled in the same day by parks staff. Graham Paine/Metroland