Saint-Isidore Church

Built in 1879, Saint-Isidore Church suffered a catastrophic fire on the 23rd of July, 2016.

Preliminary reports indicate the fire, which started around 16:00, may have been caused by a lightening strike as several thunderstorms has passed through the area at that time. Images of the fire, available through Google, show both how devastating and how intense this fire was. Fifty firefighters from five local volunteer departments responded and roughly 300 residents were evacuated as it remained unclear where the fire, which was in full force in the center of this small rural community, could be contained. Firefighter efforts were further challenged when a fire on a nearby farm (which consumed 54 cows) started shortly after this one, thus splitting their resources.

A brand new church building has since been erected on the same land. Nothing remains from the old church.

Apologies for the quality of the photos. Taken by phone as I really hadn't planned on doing this while we were out for a drive.