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Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Declares State of Emergency

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The Town of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls has declared a state of emergency.

That’s in response to a storm that caused significant damage last Sunday night and early Monday morning.

The town says a super cell storm and possible tornado in the Nestor Falls area is to blame.

The hardest hit areas include Caliper Lake Provincial Park, the downtown core of Nestor Falls, in and around the
Sabaskong Bay area of Lake of the Woods, including Sabaskong Bay Road, as well as islands in this vicinity.

The town has also put in an urgent request for a private contractor assist with clearing Sabaskong Bay Road.

Given the extent of the damage, the emergency management team has made an urgent request to the Provincial Emergency
Operations Centre to deploy provincial forestry/fire crews to assist residents and businesses at the epicenter.

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Hydro One Crews Still Working In Nestor Falls

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Hydro One says crews are working to restore power to customers in the Nestor Falls area.

Just over 200 homes are still without power.

Alicia Sayers from Hydro One says damage from Monday mornings storm was extensive.

“There are many downed trees…we’re patrolling the lines, but its actually difficult to see how many of poles are broken,” explains Sayers.

“We using a helicopter to also assist with the delivery of materials to off-road locations, and our forestry crews are also working to create a path so our line crews can access that equipment to make repairs.”

Sayers says they hope to have most of their customers reconnected later today.

There are also scattered outages in Sioux Narrows, Dryden and the Kenora area.

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Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Mayor Reflects

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The Town of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls is looking forward to 2020.

Mayor Norbert Dufresne says there are a couple of infrastructure projects in the works.

“…(We’ll be) renovating some of our municipal offices for accessibility and security and we want to get that done,” says Dufresne, “…(and) we’re also working and coordinating with the KDSB on a new ambulance station in Nestor Falls.”

He says that while there is already one in the community, they’re looking at modernizing and upgrading.

Dufresne says overall it was a good year for the town, with all reports showing tourism was up.

“It seems that our traffic this year was higher than in previous years. You hit dips and now we’re on the upswing. There’s a lot of people going through Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls and a lot of people staying here….everyone I’ve spoken to has said that the number is up.”

He adds that the tourism bump helped make 2019 a good year for the community.