LYNNE LAVERY
LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

MRC PONTIAC – For the past three weeks, workers from both the MRC and Sortir du Bois have been clearing away downed trees that blocked the PPJ Cycloparc after the microburst windstorm on July 24.

According to Kim Lesage, MRC Director General, at least 100 trees were downed along the trail, with the worst damage between Chemin Moffat and Chemin Francon in Clarendon, where roughly 70 trees fell. This section lost mostly large spruce, while the trail from Shawville to Wyman lost mainly birch and poplar.

Trees were also damaged or fell on many homeowners’ properties, with some crashing onto cottages in the Norway Bay area.