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Fire safety
Partial burn ban in effect
Open-air burning is restricted. Conditions can change quickly; check the Township’s live status before lighting any outdoor fire, even if the fire would ordinarily be permitted.
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News & notices
Current notices should be unmistakably current. Useful guidance should remain easy to find. Older announcements should stay available without pretending they still require action.
Active and dated
Current notices
Every notice here includes a date and a route to the live source.
Resident guide
A 72-hour emergency kit for island living
The ferry, distance from mainland services, storms, and power interruptions make household readiness particularly valuable on Amherst Island.
Store the kit somewhere accessible, review it every six months, and adapt it for medical, mobility, infant, pet, seasonal, and household needs.
Water
Four litres per person per day: roughly half for drinking and half for food preparation and hygiene. Store at least three days’ worth.
Food
Ready-to-eat, non-perishable meals and snacks, plus a manual can opener and utensils. Include foods people in the household will actually eat.
Light & power
Flashlights, spare batteries, lanterns, and charged power banks. Use generators outdoors with safe ventilation and fuel storage.
First aid & medication
A complete first-aid kit, necessary prescriptions, pain relievers, and any personal medical supplies needed for at least three days.
Information
A battery or hand-crank radio, emergency contacts, a whistle, and copies of identification, insurance, and medical information in a waterproof container.
Warmth & weather
Seasonal clothing, blankets or sleeping bags, rain gear, and safe options for staying warm during a power failure.
Tools & hygiene
A multi-tool, duct tape, tarps, matches in a waterproof container, sanitizer, soap, toilet paper, and waste bags.
Household needs
Cash, pet food and medication, infant supplies, accessibility equipment, and a few books, cards, or other comforts.
Vehicle readiness
Keep sufficient fuel, a car emergency kit, jumper cables, blankets, water, and winter equipment when conditions require it.
Island connections
Register for CodeRED, know the nearest grid-address marker, keep a ferry plan, and use CJAI 101.3 FM and official channels for updates.
Useful beyond one news cycle
Resident explainers
Follow island life
Current community channels
The site gathers durable information and dated notices. These island organizations carry their own day-to-day news, programmes, and calls for participation.
Preserved, not presented as current
Community news archive
These migrated notices document island projects, programmes, and public conversation. Expired forms and duplicated widgets have been retired; the meaningful record remains.
Township update on Amherst Islander II
Loyalist Township reported on the vessel’s status and plans, including the return of a ramp then in service on the Wolfe Islander IV. This update is preserved as part of the ferry project’s public history; it is not a current service notice.
Deputy Mayor’s statement regarding the Amherst Islander II
A statement from Deputy Mayor Nathan Townend concerning the status of the Amherst Islander II. It is retained as a historical record rather than current operational information.
Amherst Islander II update following ROMA
A Township update following the Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference, including the engagement of a project-management firm to support work toward putting the vessel into service.
Update regarding the Frontenac II
A Township notice about the Frontenac II’s need for drydock work and the extension then being pursued with Transport Canada. Current ferry information now belongs in the Ferry section.
Amherst Island Blooms — 2023
The third year of AICA’s recognition programme celebrated flower, vegetable, fruit, shrub, and tree gardeners whose work beautified and enriched the island. Residents nominated gardeners, and each nominee received the programme’s annual recognition leaf. The expired nomination form has been retired.
Amherst Island Blooms — 2022
The 2022 programme invited permanent and seasonal residents to nominate any island gardener—including themselves—whose beds, borders, containers, fruit, vegetables, shrubs, or trees helped make Amherst Island more beautiful. Participation, rather than competition, was the point.
All Candidates Meeting
AICA announced an April 26 meeting at the Lodge, with a panel drawn from the Beacon, CJAI, and the Napanee Beaver questioning candidates on issues of the day. The event notice is preserved; its expired question-submission process is not.
For current ferry service, schedules, fares, and vessel notices, use the Amherst Island Ferry guide. Historical ferry posts above should not be used for travel planning.