It's a sad sad day. Samuel De Champlain Provincial Park is completely and utterly destroyed by a Down Burst that touched down. (Unlike a tornado, which produces a wind funnel from the ground up, a downburst produces strong winds that move downward from a storm.) The park is not even recognizable anymore.
The following pictures are not my own. They are just some stories and pictures that I have gathered from all over the internet.
The following pictures are not my own. They are just some stories and pictures that I have gathered from all over the internet.
We had booked our annual girls weekend here this year but as soon as I read this, I had to change our location.
Thankfully no one was killed, but there were definitely some close calls.
About 290 people were evacuated from Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park and Kiosk Provincial Park after the storm, and multiple people were injured. Thankfully and miraculously, no one was killed.
Even the Ecology Center was hit.
It wasn't just Samuel De Champlain that was hit. Parts of Algonquin Park were also hit. One woman and her son were trapped in Algonquin Park. The woman had an emergency phone with her (Not a cell phone. The kind you pay a lot of money for and are designed for just such situations). The son had an injured leg and needed to go to the hospital. They had to send a rescue party in at night to get them. However, they had to clear a path through fallen trees to do it.
Rescue Operation at night. Trying to get to injured people in Algonquin Park (South of Brent area). These are actual pictures (not AI generated).
Roads and bridges were washed out.
This is an aerial view of the park after the storm. All roads and campsites are completely gone. The whole place is a disaster area. There is nothing left of it.
When will it re-open? Who knows. It will have to be cleared and assessed. Could be years for all anyone knows. For now though, it is closed.
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