Somewhere in town tonight someone has a couple of new flags — a Canadian one and a British Columbian one — that they stole from the Railway Museum after climbing on a fence and destroying two steel flagpoles, presumably in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
This was not the work of bored, hyperactive 12-year-olds but adult or near-adult individuals and their act of vandalism has left Railway Museum Executive Director Jennifer Dunkerson shaking her head.
“We spent $1,200 to buy new flag poles and flags this year to replace the old poles that were too easily damaged,” she said.
If you have any information about this incident please call the Revelstoke RCMP at 250-837-5255.
Here are some images of the twisted poles:
