Beyond a nuisance

A photo caption in the “Beyond Winnie” article reads: “Two women approach a black bear at the nuisance grounds of Banff National Park, Alberta, circa 1951.”

Nuisance grounds! How quaint, how genteel. Growing up seventy-five years ago in my hometown Minnedosa, Manitoba, we always used the term nuisance grounds — and not dump or garbage dump — but I have never heard the term spoken outside of my hometown. Have I led a sheltered life, or is it possible that Minnedosa is the boundary line between nuisance grounds in the West and dumps in Ontario?

Blanche and John B. McMillan

Burlington, Ontario