Combermere, Ontario


Combermere, named for Sir Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere, is a village located along the Madawaska River in south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of Township of Madawaska Valley. Combermere is best known as home to Madonna House, but the community provides access to numerous lakes and rivers for cottagers and tourists who visit the area as well as Boundless Staff. Another tourist attraction is a local museum called Mission House Museum and Gallery. The village is also home to the Sinking of the Mayflower Steamship lookout, which gives tourists an overlooking view of the lake where the Mayflower sank on the night of November 12, 1912.

Climate

Extensive damage resulted when a tornado moved through the area during the evening hours of August 2, 2006. Trailers, roofs and cottages sustained heavy damages with an estimated cost of over one million dollars from the tornado. A state of emergency was declared in Combermere after the tornado. Acres of land were flattened and groves of century-old pines were destroyed. The same storm that produced the tornado also left about 175,000 hydro customers without power. No lives were lost in the community.

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