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Inukshuk in Bonshaw toppled, likely won't be rebuilt

CBC News | Posted: September 5, 2017 9:00 PM | Last Updated: September 6, 2017

4-metre high sandstone inukshuk has had a variety of paint jobs in the last year

Image | inukshuk down in Bonshaw, P.E.I.

Caption: The inukshuk had become a bit of a landmark to those driving the Trans-Canada Highway through Bonshaw. (Greg Bradley)

An inukshuk in Bonshaw, P.E.I., that has undergone several paint jobs appears to have been toppled over the weekend, and likely won't be rebuilt.
The 4-metre-high sandstone inukshuk, beside the Trans-Canada Highway west of Charlottetown, was painted in rainbow colours last summer, then painted over in white a week later.

Image | P.E.I. rainbow inukshuk gets a paint job

Caption: The inukshuk had several paint jobs in the last year. (Photos by Pat Martel and Donna Allen/CBC)

"The department discussed it today and because of liability issues/concerns for safety, the department will not be going out to rebuild," an official with P.E.I.'s Department of Transportation said in an email Tuesday.
The department believes the inukshuk was pushed over by someone, and noted it is not the first time it has been vandalized.
The structure was first put up by people helping to build the new highway through Bonshaw in 2013.
An inukshuk is the figure of a person made out of stones, and the Inuktitut word means "like a human."

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