The Town of LaSalle recognized local artist Gary Campeau with the unveiling of a plaque on Friday, June 5, 2026, for one of the community’s most recognizable landmarks, George the Giraffe, at the Vollmer Centre. George was hand-carved by Campeau in 2009 from a fallen soft maple tree located in the yard of his home on Victory Drive in LaSalle. The 16-foot-tall sculpture, created from the storm-damaged tree, took an estimated 320 hours to transfor…
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