sept./oct., 2020 minaki news bargefest 2020...mer fun in a safe man-ner. thanks again to every-one...
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The Minaki Community
Association and the Local
Services Board of Minaki
would like to extend a big
thank you to Benjamin
Barber for his years of
service on our boards.
Ben spent countless
hours conducting board
activities and volunteer-
ing at community events.
Besides organizing vari-
ous upgrades to our facil-
ities, while also volun-
teering on the Minaki Fire
Team, Ben was the main
driving force behind the
building of the play-
ground and the new rink
structure. He not only
developed the funding
proposals for these initia-
tives, but also saw both
projects through from
start to finish. Since step-
ping down from the
boards, Ben continues to
volunteer his services,
and his continued contri-
bution to our community
does not go unnoticed.
Thank you, Ben! Your
dedicated service to our
community is greatly ap-
preciated.
M i n a k i C o m m u n i t y A s s o c i a t i o n
Sept./Oct., 2020
Issue #18
MINAKI NEWS
Bargefest 2020 Bargefest typically
takes place on Octo
Island, but this modi-
fied format allowed for
families to come out
and enjoy some sum-
mer fun in a safe man-
ner.
Thanks again to every-
one who comes out to
Bargefest year after
year.
Donations for this local
event can be made at
any time at either the
Minaki Marina or
through e-transfer:
See you next year!
Abby Bennett
Organizer
Ba r g e f e s t 2 0 2 0
looked a little different
this year due to a glob-
al pandemic, but that
didn’t stop us!
An estimated 125 wa-
tercrafts gathered in
Billing’s Bay in Minaki
on Sunday, August
2nd to enjoy some live
music while practicing
physical distancing.
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The Minaki News
welcomes classified ads at
no charge:
for sale/rent
wanted
for give-away
Submissions can be made
to:
The deadline for
submissions for our
upcoming issue is
November 19th, 2020.
Minaki 596 Run Group
"Any runners in the group?"
That's how the Minaki 596 Run
Group came to be. A simple post
on the Minaki News Facebook
page. A time (7am), a date
(Saturday morning), and a meeting
place (community centre parking
lot) was organized. Most of us did-
n't know each other, but our pas-
sion and love for running and Mina-
ki brought us together. So, we
showed up and continue to show
up, every Saturday morning.
We will carry on through the fall/
winter/spring for anyone wishing to
join up. There is no sign-up, just
show up. We welcome runners of
every age and pace.
The great thing about our run group
is meeting the people of this com-
munity and forming friend-
ships. We share a sense of cama-
raderie as we lace up and face the
imposing 596 with its never-ending
elevation of hills. We take in every-
thing the 596 offers along the way:
nature, wilderness, beauty, and
peace.
Thanks to everyone who has run
with us this summer. We have seen
13 different runners over the
course of the summer and would
love to see more.
To contact us:
Email:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/
minakirunners/
Follow us on Instagram:
@minaki596rungroup
Lorraine Manson & Austin Taylor
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Attention Business Owners!
Would you like your local business to be included in the Business Directory in the upcoming issue of the Minaki News? Simply send us your information, including: business name, d e s c r i p t i o n , c o n t a c t information, and hours of operation. Send info to: [email protected] Submissions can be made as written text or attached as a picture file. The deadline for submissions for our upcoming issue is November 19th, 2020.
Minaki 596 Run Group—cont.
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Burning Regulations
The new regulation describes conditions for outdoor fires that are relatively safe and do not require a permit. Fire permits will not be required for small scale burning of wood, brush, leaves or wood by-products if these conditions are followed:
No Day Burning From April 1 to October 31
Piled material: tended by a responsible person until out
a single pile less than 2 metres in diameter and less than 2 metres high
the fire is ignited two hours before sunset, or later, and extinguished two hours after sunrise or earlier
the fire is at least 2 metres from any flammable materials
the person has adequate tools or water to contain the fire
Grass and leaves: the fire is tended by a responsible person until out
the area to be burned is less than 1 hectare
the length of flaming edge is less than 30 metres
the fire is ignited 2 hours before sunset, or later, and is extinguished 2 hours after sunrise, or ear-lier
the person has adequate tools or water to contain the fire
Incinerators: enclosed device
at least 5 metres from any forest
at least 2 metres from flammable materials
covered by mesh less than 5 millimetres in size
a responsible person monitors the fire until out
If a Restricted Fire Zone is put in place because of high fire hazard, these fires will not be allowed.
Forest Fire Reporting: 310-Fire (3473)
Satellite Phone Users Call: (807) 937-5261
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Share your special
announcements in the Minaki News:
Birthdays
Graduations
Anniversaries
Weddings
Sporting Achievements
Special Events
New Arrivals
Obituaries
Submissions can be made to
The deadline for submissions
for our upcoming issue is
November 19th, 2020.
Find your GPS Coordinates to Assist With Fire Call Response
When fire calls come in, having GPS coordinates to provide dispatch is a big help in locating the fire quickly, especially if MNR crews are also being called in to help. If you are unaware of the GPS coordinates of your location, you can determine them using Google Maps.
open Google Maps in satellite view
locate your property and press/click on your building/location to “drop a pin”
google maps will display the coordinates of the pin you dropped
record your coordinates for future reference
it’s a good idea to post your coordinates—along with emergency numbers—near your phone or in a cen-tral location that all family members are aware of
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Calling All Minaki Gardeners! Let’s connect! While our
growing season is coming to
an end for this year, it’s a
great time to make connec-
tions for next year.
If anyone is interested in
swapping seeds or plants,
sharing produce, exchang-
ing ideas and information,
or visiting one another’s
gardens—flower and peren-
nial gardeners and vegeta-
ble gardeners alike—let me
know.
To be included in an informal
group, send an email to Ra-
chel Taylor at:
We can decide on a way to
communicate in time for next
spring (maybe a WhatsApp or
other chat group).
Happy gardening, everyone!
Rachel Taylor
Message From The Minaki Conservancy
It has been such an unusual summer—few visits with dear friends (sometimes none at all), few of our
lake get-togethers and much angst over what might happen next in this new world of COVID-19. Thank
goodness the weather was wonderful! The Conservancy Board would like to wish all Minaki residents
and cottagers a very safe and peaceful fall and winter. Hopefully, next summer will be back to normal
so that we all will be able to enjoy everything this magnificent place has to offer.
The Minaki Conservancy
From all of us in Minaki, we would like to
thank Shelley Christie & Greg Omeniuk of
Minaki Marina for all the years of great
service, friendship, and laughs along the
way. Wishing you both a happy and well-
deserved retirement!
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We have returned to a new school year.
The summer visitors are slowly returning
to their regular lives as the local residents
are preparing for another fall. We have
been seeing more intense weather pat-
terns with high winds and rain as the last
of the warm weather vanishes. Each of
these changes also creates changes in
our fire safety planning and preparation.
With the students returning to school with
masks and safety precautions, they will
also be doing fire drills at school. This is a
great time to remind them of your home
escape plan. Remember your rally point
and 2 ways out of every room. I would
suggest you can make practicing your es-
cape plan a way to get them out of the
house in the morning for the school
bus. You can even involve the whole fami-
ly as you get out.
Words of Advice from Minaki Fire
With preparation for the fall, we need to en-
sure all things are ready. Those with fire-
places should be checking their chimneys
and getting them cleaned as necessary.
Those with furnaces need to check their
filters and change them as neces-
sary. Many will be doing some work around
the home and yard in preparation for win-
ter. This might include burning, but remem-
ber the no day burning regulation is in ef-
fect until November. Please ensure you
burn safely. Have a method of extinguish-
ing your fire at hand, and stay clear of oth-
er flammable items.
With Halloween coming up, we will see out-
door decorations, trick or treating and cos-
tumes with masks. This year, be sure to
check the safety precautions that are ad-
vised closer to that date. That time of year
also comes with bad weather and power
outages, so check your batteries and can-
dles. Remember that you should grab ex-
tra batteries for smoke and CO2 detec-
tors. Candles should be used with care by
adults as we need to remember our fire
safety.
Our outdoor cooking moves into the kitch-
en at this time of year. That is the theme of
fire safety week in October. We need to
keep an eye on what we are cooking and
practice proper safety. Be safe and enjoy
the fall as we look forward to Thanksgiving
coming soon.
Robert Creedon
Minaki Fire Educator
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For readers who wish to stay in-
formed through email, we welcome
you to sign up for our community
email list. If you are interested, con-
tact us with your name & email at:
Include “Community Event Email
List” in the subject heading.
Community Event Email List
Our department has been quiet for a while as
many changes have occurred. We originally
looked at creating a co-chief situation but the
OFM ended up wanting just one as chief. At this
point, Robert Creedon is the Fire Chief and Rog-
er Beauchamp is the Deputy Fire Chief. Robert
will be handling the administration while Roger
will be handling the operational side. We have a
lot to learn and have been busy working on that.
I will be open to all the advice I can get.
We had a challenging night with the fire truck at
a recent call, but we were able to call in support
of mutual aid from Pellatt United Fire Fighters. It
was discovered that we had a starter issue with
the fire truck that has now been resolved with
an ignition bypass switch.
Message From the Minaki Fire Chief Due to the pandemic, we have had a number of
our normal inspections postponed and are work-
ing through them now. The pumps are being
checked later this week, and this will complete
all the checks for the year.
The pandemic has also been limiting our gather-
ing and training. We will be working on changing
that soon. We have two new recruits, and we will
be updating some courses online for the entire
team in the near future.
Please be safe and remember our unique phone
number for emergencies: 224-1100. Thanks.
Robert Creedon
Fire Chief
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The Ojibwe refer to themselves as
‘Anishinaabe’, which has been
translated and defined as
‘spontaneous man’. In the Minaki
and Kenora region the familiar
translation used is ‘man lowered to
earth’. The term ‘Indian’ is no long-
er acceptable, in today’s world, to
identify the Native Peoples in Cana-
da; but it is solely used in this his-
torical writing to accurately reflect
the reporting of the time.
The Winnipeg River. The lifeblood
for all who live along its banks. For
thousands of years, since the last
Ice Age, it has drained over
106,000 sq km of land over its 235
km length from Lake of the Woods
to Lake Winnipeg. Its watershed
formed the Southeastern portion of
the lands granted to the Hudson’s
Bay Company [originally called The
Governor & Company of Adventur-
ers of England Trading in Hudson
Bay] on May 2, 1670 by King
Charles the Second of England. Ac-
cess to the Saulteaux lands in pre-
sent day NW Ontario and SE Mani-
toba was provided to the Federal
Government by Treaty Three, and
was signed by Her Majesty's Com-
missionaires and the First Nation
Chiefs at the Northwest Angle on
Friday October 3, 1873. It is report-
ed that Chief Papoonakeejic, Chief
of The Dalles, Rat Portage and Mac-
kenzie Portage Reserves attended
the signing of Treaty 3.
Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation—The Dalles Part One: Memories of the Elders
From there, tourism took hold
first in Lake of the Woods after
1880, and by 1906 it was begin-
ning at Winnipeg River Crossing -
which became Minaki in 1911.
Meanwhile our Indigenous neigh-
bours at The Dalles were strug-
gling hard to maintain their tradi-
tional way of life during those rap-
idly changing times. An important
aspect of the relationship be-
tween the Indigenous Peoples
and Europeans was the support
they gave to those early explorers,
fur traders and settlers; and from
the turn of the twentieth century
to the residents, commercial tour-
ist operators, and cottagers. In
the early days they were instru-
mental to the success of the
The centuries of
travel and settle-
ment by our Indige-
nous Peoples, both
local and from far
away, are partly
evidenced by ar-
chaeological finds
such as stone tools
and arrow heads,
some dating from
almost 7,000 years
ago, in the Lake of
the Woods. Over
the millennia the
river has also been
the provider of re-
sources that al-
lowed the Indigenous Peoples
living along its banks to travel,
survive and prosper.
The arrival into Northwestern On-
tario of European explorers and
settlers in the early 1700’s
brought both cultures together to
form the region that we know
today. The river continued to act
as the natural highway and food
provider for the area, but to also
serve the demands of western
exploration and the fur trade.
Forts were built along its route,
and with the coming of first the
Canadian Pacific Railway in the
late 1870’s, and then the Nation-
al Transcontinental Railway in
1910, settlements such as Rat
Portage and Minaki developed.
Niisaachewan
Anishinaabe
Nation
source: google.com/maps
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gather as much of
the unwritten his-
tory as possible at
The Dalles. Sec-
ondly, to provide
clues and insight
into the effects on
their community
of river flooding,
water pollution,
illegal timber har-
vesting inside the
reserve by non-
native outsiders,
and incursion
across their lands
by infrastructure such as The Dalles
rapids east channel bypass and hy-
dro transmission lines. He has gra-
ciously given me permission to quote
from that paper and the memories of
many of their Elders.
From the information gathered in the
report, it was clear that life on the
Dalles Reserve began to change –
not for the better - when the first dam
was built at Rat Portage, and when
the pulp and paper mill, followed by
the lumber mills, began operation.
The problems claimed included the
contamination of pickerel and other
fish by pollution, the need to boil wa-
ter before drinking, the wild rice
crops diminished due to flooding, and
lives were lost due to the changing
currents and uncertain ice condi-
tions.
Using maps, the 16 Elders inter-
viewed helped to locate rice fields,
sacred sites, blueberry picking sites,
camping sites, residential sites, sa-
cred offering sites and portage
routes. Most of the Elders confirmed
that the bays around Dalles were al-
ways filled with wild rice crops. It was
also learned that, for a time in the
1970’s when Dalles had no road,
there was no one living there except
Clarence Henry Sr. and his uncle Roy
Henry; after Roy passed away then
only Clarence returned to Dalles in
the summer. When it was thriving,
some of the residents also lived on
islands around Dalles.
It is important to understand that
reserve communities such as The
Dalles have little written historical
records, so capturing the stories as
passed down through the genera-
tions and told by the Elders is so
very important. The Dalles area was
originally chosen by their ancestors
mainly for the wild rice crops; which
used to grow in every bay in and
around the area. Neighbouring na-
tive peoples would travel long dis-
tances to pick both rice and blue-
berries.
Much of the Elder’s interviews are
included here almost word for word
from the report provided to me by
Barry.
Elder Moses Henry told how his
family would sell their fish catch to
the Shoal Lake Fisheries of Kenora.
They had an ice supply on the Re-
serve, so they could cover a box of
fish with a layer of long grass/sod/
ice; and kept adding layers to keep
the ice from melting too quickly dur-
ing the one hour paddle to Kenora.
He also mentioned that the unnatu-
ral water levels killed off the musk-
rats but not the beavers; saying the
winter muskrat dens were affected
by dropping water levels. As a child
growing up his family lived on Tun-
nel Island in the summer, while his
parents sold fish, wild meat and
crafts such as moccasins and bead-
ed work in Kenora. Moses also re-
called his time as a lumberjack. The
planting of significant gardens was
also commonplace.
Elder Marjorie Nabish described
how her parents moved their family
from Swan Lake, part of the Wa-
baseemoong Reserve, to Dalles as
her parents wanted to be closer to
she and her brothers while they at-
tended the Cecilia Jeffrey Residen-
tial School in Kenora. She lived at a
cross Canada missions and indeed
the very survival of the Europeans, in
terms of teaching local ways for food
and shelter, acting as guides, trading
fine furs for trade goods, and provid-
ing much needed transport support
as paddlers and packers. Since set-
tlements were developed in the
1880’s they also sold the fruits of
their harvests, whether they were
fish, wild rice, furs or blueberries;
they helped to build and maintain
many of the cottages and settler
homes along the river; they acted as
hunting and fishing guides to the
tourists of the world; worked as lum-
berjacks; formed the core of many
fire fighting crews; and were always
available to help in wilderness
search and rescues.
With thanks to Peter Barber of Mina-
ki, we were introduced to Allan An-
derson and Barry Henry of Niisaache-
wan Anishinaabe Nation. Barry, who
is their Economic Development Of-
ficer, has been instrumental to help-
ing me start to tell some of their sto-
ries by allowing me access to their
history, and for the pleasure of inter-
viewing several of their Elders a cou-
ple of years ago. As well, Barry pro-
vided me with a copy of a summary
p a p e r o f t h e i r O c h i i c h -
agwe’babigo’ining Oral History Re-
search Project from 2013. That re-
search project was undertaken to
achieve two goals. First, it was to
The Dalles on the Lodge Boat (courtesty: Nancy Gates)
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baby diapers. Her family also had a
large garden, and great stews were
very popular. The vegetables were
kept in underground storage and
would last part way through the win-
ter. The commercial fishing in the
area was mainly for whitefish and
walleye, and was monitored by the
Ministry of Natural Resources from
both boats and planes.
Elder Roberta Jameson remembered
when life in the Dalles area was
good, and all was fine. Like most na-
tive peoples they lived off the land.
For her family, like many others, their
lifestyle started to turn sour when
resources like wild rice began to di-
minish and fishing restrictions were
imposed; and as a tragic result alco-
hol became a relief from their ever
evolving new
reality.
From oral histo-
r y s t o r i e s
passed down,
by the 1970’s
the residents of
the Dalles were
only able to
move back to
the reserve in
the summer to
allow them to
pick wild rice,
and to hunt and
fish. In his Feb-
ruary 19, 1977
letter to the
Department of
Indian affairs, Chief Alfred Sinclair of
the Rat Portage and Dalles Band out-
lined the reasons why no members
were living at The Dalles in the win-
ter; including no road access, no
health care easily accessible, and no
employment. There was a desire by
band members at the time to move
back to their ancestral homes. That
re-settlement began in the 1980’s.
Elder Larry Kabestra Sr. was the
Chief of the Dalles Reserve in the
1980’s, when he, Paul Kabasta Sr.,
Clarence Henry Sr. and Alfred
Wagamese held their Council elec-
tion. He was proud of his accom-
plishment as Chief to get the devel-
opment of an access road from the
Redditt Hwy. west into the Reserve
started. It was Jerry Perrault, who
became Chief after Larry, who was
able to have the road completed in
the late 1980’s. Before the access
road was built, access to the Dalles
community was limited to water
and, in winter, by travelling over
ponds and swamps. It is believed
that, after the Redditt highway was
first completed in July of 1924,
there was a horse trail through the
bush that connected the community
to the highway. He remembers that
his father Bob Kabastra had an ice
house; the ice was used to keep
fish fresh during its transport to Ke-
nora. Bob Kabastra was well known
in the Minaki area; and had a trap-
ping cabin in the bay at the south
end of Gunn Lake.
Elder John Henry was instrumental
in separating the Dalles Reserve
from the Rat Portage and Macken-
time when Dalles Reserve and sur-
rounding Reserves were free from
alcoholism; before then the commu-
nities were full of life. She recalled
how she picked blueberries in the
Ena area, and wild rice which was
abundant in the neighbouring bays.
Elder Joe Nabish worked as a lum-
berjack in the winter months of the
1950’s and 1960’s, selling the tim-
ber to the mills around Kenora and
as firewood to local farmers. During
his time at Dalles, it appeared that
wood harvesting was the main em-
ployment opportunity at Dalles. They
chopped, sawed, piled and hauled
logs all during the week; and on the
weekends they danced to the music
of Elvis.
Elder Archie Wagamese worked as a
fishing guide in the summers, and
recalls seeing water pollution north
of Minaki, in the Roughrock Lake
area. He, like Joe and many other
Elders, was also a lumberjack during
the winters. His parents and grand-
parents lived off the land in and
around Dalles Reserve, trapping and
selling fish, blueberries and wild rice.
This was probably typical for many of
the native people in the Treaty 3 ar-
ea. Archie lived in Minaki for some
time, but kept in touch with the Re-
serve by working on housing projects
there.
Elder Danny Strong remembered
when the price paid to pickers for
wild rice was $ 1.00/pound; and he
was able to pick 3 bags of rice per
day. It was an annual harvest that
normally lasted about 4 weeks; with
school kids heading home early to
attend school.
Elder Doris Henry recalled how river
flooding affected the moss that
grows on the shore’s edge of
swamps. That particular moss was
used by the native peoples; once col-
lected it was cleaned and used as
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tive peoples who were travelling
through the area would stop and
make offerings, which went missing
during the channel’s construction;
and that to this day no one knows for
sure where that rock is.
Elder Laurie McDonald’s grandfather,
Pete Savage, operated a portage ser-
vice on the well-used portage on the
west side of the Dalles rapids; using
teams of horses to haul the bigger
and usually under-powered boats and
barges as they struggled upstream
against the strong currents during
high water in particular.
In the late 1800’s Thomas Lindsay
was the Chief of the combined The
Dalles, Rat Portage and Mackenzie
Portage reserves. From articles pub-
lished in the Kenora Miner & News,
Chief Lindsay’s granddaughter Mrs.
Matilda Martin provided stories of her
time growing up at The Dalles and
being raised by her grandparents.
She was born in 1885. A natural
medicine she described is called
“Weekai”. It was so powerful, she
said, that you could only administer it
to a sick child by rubbing it on their
skin. One of her fondest memories
was when her grandfather, Chief
Lindsay, insisted that the Department
of Indian Affairs provide a school for
the communi-
ty; and they
agreed to send
a teacher if the
c o m m u n i t y
built a school
building and
provided a
place for the
teacher to live.
The school
was built and a
teacher was
indeed sent to
The Dalles.
T h i s w a s
sometime be-
tween 1890
and 1910.
From Mr. Henry’s report it appears
that patches around Ena became
the centre of the area’s summer
blueberry picking for decades.
There are reports of over 100 ca-
noes paddling for a half day north,
where camps were set up during
the pick either along the Macfarlane
River or on Ena Lake.
A few fun Ojibwe language words as
told by some of the Elders of The
Dalles:
Ice cream: Ka–tikog
Space aliens: Ka–shebeeg ni-
kayacht
Jello: Ka–ning saig
The community has been active for
the past several years in a program
to re-introduce the sub adult lake
sturgeon into the Winnipeg River.
The river bed has recovered suffi-
ciently, from the mats of bark and
other pulp and paper wastes that
coated it and choked out food
sources for decades, to allow the
bottom feeding sturgeon to survive.
After 10 years of planning, and in
partnership with the Ontario Minis-
try of Natural Resources and Forest-
ry and the Ontario Power Genera-
tion Co., The Upper Winnipeg River
Lake Sturgeon Recovery Program
was launched in 2017 with the ini-
tial release of 12 juvenile fish. The
sub adult fish were introduced into
the Winnipeg River at The Dalles in
2017, with 15 fish released in
2018, and 12 released in 2019.
Unfortunately the program had to
be suspended this year due to the
Covid-19 virus. The fish are all
tagged, and you may have seen the
orange tracking buoys at various
locations along the river channels.
My thanks to Barry Henry for his
help on this article.
Chi—miigwetch.
Garry Bolton
Minaki History Society
zie Portage Reserves in the 1970’s;
at which time he became its Chief.
He then began the process of situat-
ing the Community to a suitable loca-
tion and had survey work com-
menced. As others had told, the loss
of the fishing industry and the dimin-
ished wild rice crop were instrumen-
tal in the decline of the Dalles com-
munity’s morale, as livelihoods were
lost and the options to replace those
losses were very limited. With that
decline many left the community;
and some have never returned de-
spite current and ongoing efforts to
rebuild their community.
Elder Agnes Paul is one of the few
community residents who remem-
bers when there was just one chan-
nel at Dalles rapids, the rock lined
west channel we are all familiar with;
before the excavation of its east
channel begun in August of 1949.
Her father would stand on a platform
above the west channel and used a
scoop to catch whitefish. Her memo-
ries told of many families who had to
move out of the area to make room
for the channel’s construction, and
that many houses nearby were dam-
aged from the flying rocks launched
by the blasting. Both she and Elder
Margaret Muckle told of a sacred red
and brown coloured rock, where na-
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Phone: (807) 464-4268
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Emergency Numbers Ambulance – (807) 468-3311
OPP – 1-888-310-1122
Hospital – (807) 468-9861
Fire – (807) 224-1100
Forest Fire – (807) 310-FIRE (3473)
Poison Control – 1-800-268-9017
Minaki Nursing Station—(807) 224-3531 Clinic Hours: Mondays – Fridays, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Please call (807) 224-3531 or (807) 467-8770 to schedule appointments.
Telehealth Ontario—1-866-797-0000 Telehealth Ontario is a free, confidential service you can call to get health advice or information. A Registered Nurse
will take your call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When you call, a Registered Nurse will ask you to answer
questions so they can assess your health problem and give you advice. Telehealth Ontario nurses will not diagnose
your illness or give you medicine. They will direct you to the most appropriate
level of care or may put you in contact with a health professional who can
advise you on your next steps.
The nurse will help you decide whether to:
handle a problem yourself
visit your doctor or nurse practitioner
go to a clinic
contact a community service
go to a hospital emergency room
Minaki Landfill Site Operation
Summer Hours – Sundays or Holiday Mondays 4 to 8 PM
Winter Hours – Sundays or Holiday Mondays NOON to 4 PM
Tippage fees will be collected at the time of
dumping and are:
$3.00 per bag
$25.00 per ½ ton truck or small trailer
FOLLOW SIGNS FOR DESIGNATED AREAS:
Brush – no exceptions
Domestic Garbage
Fish Guts
Metals
Due to demands from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE) restrictions are as follows: ABSO-
LUTELY NO: Wood of any kind, fibreglass insulation, shingles, plastics, tarps, styrofoam, glass, furniture, mattresses, tires, appliances, elec-
tronics, paints, batteries, or hazardous chemicals. There is a $500.00 fine for anyone caught dumping these items at the Minaki site.
These items must be taken to the Kenora Waste Transfer Station for proper disposal. Non-compliance will result in the rescinding of dump-
ing privileges. All fees go towards the costs of operating the site in accordance with MNR and MOE guidelines. The Minaki Waste Manage-
ment Board is a volunteer group working for the benefit of the community to keep the landfill site open. We appreciate your co-operation in
maintaining the Minaki dump site.
We are now on
winter hours!
Local Services Board of Minaki
Barbara Mach—Chairperson
Kelly Beauchamp—Secretary/Treasurer
Roger Beauchamp—Member
Cathy Gilbert—Member
Rachel Taylor—Member
Minaki Community Association
Rachel Taylor—President
Kelly Beauchamp—Secretary/Treasurer
Lara Barber—Member
Cathy Gilbert—Member
Barbara Mach—Member
MINAKI NEWS [email protected]
Minaki Roads Board
Bryan Rheault—Chair
Malcolm Reid—Trustee
Mike Turcotte—Trustee
Jennifer McPhearson
Secretary/Treasurer
Minaki Waste Management Board
Lorraine Muncer
Bryan Rheault
Kane Turcan
Minaki News Scope of Content: The Minaki News is a bi-monthly newsletter intended to
update residents in the Minaki Local Services Board area of community events and
activities. It is distributed to the community free of charge, and paid for by the Minaki
Community Association as part of its mandate to create and support recreation oppor-
tunities in Minaki. The scope of content as agreed upon by the volunteers who organize
and distribute the newsletter is as follows: reporting on community events, reporting on
activities of the local fire team, local boards & community groups (Minaki Foundation,
Minaki Conservancy, Minaki History Society, etc.), along with announcements, classi-
fieds, and business directory. Paid advertising will not be included. Submissions are
reviewed to determine whether they are in line with the above scope, and if they benefit
the health and wellbeing of the community (promoting physical/social activities, healthy
living, etc.). Feel free to contact [email protected] for more information. We
look forward to your submissions!
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