His deed indicated that Little York Road was a public road and, at first, the sparsely populated, kilometres-long dirt road was maintained by the province. Arthur Pugsley, who owns a property at 50 Little York Rd., claimed he built the road and therefore owned it. The White's former house on Little York Road, assessed at $95,000, was eventually purchased by neighbour Arthur Pugsley for $15,000. Pugsley put up a locked metal gate across the road around that time, and the provincial Little York Road sign was taken down. The province has told CBC that it still "views Little York Road as a public road and is working now to replace the [Little York Road] sign."

Source: CBC News January 29, 2018 12:00 UTC