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KAGAWONG—While Billings council will soon consider any potential in opening the access to the Bridal Veil Falls pooling area, the walking trails will have to remain closed due to dangerous conditions. Non-township representatives are reporting that the walking trails area is a “disaster” after the significant flooding that took place in April.

“I had talked to (Billings Mayor) Bryan (Barker) about the situation at the falls, but until you actually see it you can’t get a true idea of how bad the damage is,” stated Lee Hayden, reeve of Gordon/Barrie Island at a Manitoulin Municipal Association meeting in Mindemoya last week. “There are large and smaller trees piled up and twisted in a mess. What it is going to take to remove just the trees will be a monumental task. The work can’t be done by individuals coming in, it will take machinery to remove the trees, and then there is the permitting that is involved to get the work carried out.”