Legacy Matters

He Wanted the Stump Removed and It Killed Him

For three years 47-year-old Canadian Robert Case campaigned to have regional officials remove a tree stump from Lake St. Clair calling it a dangerous hazard. 

Last Friday he and a friend were driving their snowmobile on the ice of the great lake when Robert reached down to tie off a loose strap on the hood.  He didn't see the stump in the snow when he struck it and was killed.

The regional authority said the responsibility over the beds of the Great Lakes was that of the provincial government.

Robert's wife, now a widow after 26 years of marriage, said

"I'm still trying to understand. This is the worst thing in my life. I lost my life.
"We didn't have much but we had each other. I'm so mad at ERCA."