Phyllis Carr’s voice broke with emotion as she surveyed damage to the historic town of Stanley Bridge, a small community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island.
“It’s very sad for those of us who lived here all of our lives and our parents lived here,” she said, taking in a scene that has become all too familiar in towns and villages across Atlantic Canada battered and drenched by post-tropical storm Fiona.
“Our life is going to change now around our harbour, and our marina and our fishing community and our fishermen.”
By the time Fiona left Stanley Bridge on Saturday, the main road was washed out, debris was strewn everywhere and the town’s prospects had suddenly dimmed, mainly because of damage to fishing boats that were picked up by a storm surge and dropped in the middle of the road….