Flooding cuts off airport access in Kashechewan First Nation as evacuation continues – CBC

May 01, 2025

People with children asked to gather at a baseball diamond where they can be evacuated by helicopter

Kashechewan First Nation, along northern Ontario’s James Bay Coast, has alerted all community members with children to make their way to a baseball diamond so they can be airlifted to the nearby Fort Albany First Nation.

The fly-in Cree community started a precautionary evacuation a few weeks ago, but rising water levels forced community leaders to announce a full-scale evacuation.

Chief Hosea Wesley says the rising waters of the Albany River are just a few metres from coming over the dike that encircles the community of 2,000 people, something that hasn’t happened for several years in the flood-prone First Nation.

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