Jacko family cited for spotting wildfire, stopping spread
During a festival weekend, Wiikwemkoong kayakers discovered a smoldering hollow tree in a dry forest and worked for hours with axes and water to prevent a disastrous wildfire.
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WIIKWEMKOONG鈥擨t was a quiet day on the water during Wiikwemkoong Cultural Festival Weekend for a group of Wiikwemkoong kayakers, despite the looming threat of a rainstorm, when they spotted smoke rising from a nearby forest.
鈥淚t was a place you could only get to by boat,鈥 said Nicole Jacko. The kayakers paddled over to investigate and found a dead tree smoldering alarmingly with a tinder-dry forest all around it.
Ms. Jacko and a host of family members were at their camp near South Baymouth, as they often do in the summer. That day the family members included Caleb Corbiere (cousin), Brett Pangowish (cousin), Anthony Leedham (cousin), Dawn Marie Jacko (auntie), April Jacko (auntie), Trinity Jacko (cousin), Vanessa Hoy-Jacko (sister), Terrence Jacko (grandfather), Peggy Osawanimiki (grandfather鈥檚 spouse), Alex Pangowish (cousin), Janice Jacko (mother), TJ Crawford (stepfather) and Morgan Trudeau (Brett鈥檚 fianc茅), enjoying the summer day on Thomas Bay when they found themselves becoming impromptu fire rangers.
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