Windsor tornado left Peche Island a mess of garbage
'I didn't count the bags, if there is 50 or 60 bags, that's minimal'
Rather than the Windsor-Essex County Canoe Club taking its normally leisurely paddle out to Peche Island on Sunday, the club went to work, cleaning up after last week tornado.
Wednesday night's tornado, which tore through the Greenwood Centre industrial park and swath of homes on Riberdy Road, blew debris into the Detroit River. It eventually made its way to the banks of Peche Island.
"I didn't count the bags, if there is 50 or 60 bags, that's minimal," said Stacy Adam, the president of the Windsor-Essex County Canoe Club. "
The group filled up a large voyageurs canoe with styrofoam, roofing materials, insulation, bottles and other garbage that the twister spewed into the river.
Volunteers even found a large deck box amid the debris.
"It's heartbreaking to see all of the garbage over there...it is our space where we go, we have barbecues over there and we spend a lot of time there, so we couldn't go without doing something to clean it up," Adam said.
The canoe club wasn't the only group tidying up. A group of jet skiers also circled the island, plucking tornado leftovers from the water and surrounding vegetation.
The Windsor- Essex County Canoe Club plans on taking one more trip to Peche Island. The volunteers are going to walk the shore and pick up all the little garbage that was missed Sunday.