"There was probably in excess of 150 total down," he said. If we had to try to inter somebody in the eastern end of the cemetery … next to the airport we would have some difficulty."įorestry workers were able to walk through the cemetery and help decide what trees should be removed and what should be left, Abbot said. "We've got the roadways in the lower end of the cemetery cleaned which is where the majority of our interments take place at this time. The north side of Sherwood Cemetery is a woodlot and most of those trees came down in the storm, but Abbot said they have been able to get back to having burials. Could be another week before some Islanders get power, says Maritime Electric.Darknesss, anxiety and depression: Islanders in the dark 2 weeks after Fiona.There are some trees on some stones, but they are not broken." "We have a lot of damaged trees, not so much stones or monuments, we were lucky. "It's not very pretty at this time," said the cemetery's administrator John Abbot. It's a similar story at Sherwood Cemetery. The cemetery is a non-profit and MacDonald hopes to apply for funding to cover the cost. MacDonald is hoping the cemetery will be ready for burials next week but cleanup will continue for the next few. "We haven't been allowing people in the cemetery because it was just too dangerous," he said. Some families have called asking about burials and the condition of the cemetery, but everything is on hold for cleanup, MacDonald said. But as far as the trees are now that are lying on monuments, we would have no way to tell what damage there is there until we finally get them removed," MacDonald said. "There is no question there have been a few monuments which have been damaged as a result of the storm. Workers also have to work around headstones, and staff don't know how much damage there is yet to those grave markers. It's not easy to get in with heavy equipment so it just becomes a little more technical," he said, adding that more than 20 trees fell in the graveyard. "We still have trees within the perimeter of the cemetery and some internally that we will have to pick away at. Most of the trees which fell along the main road of The People's Cemetery in Charlottetown have been cleared, but there is still more work to do, says Doug MacDonald, board member with the cemetery. Post-tropical storm Fiona downed trees at cemeteries across Prince Edward Island, and two weeks after the storm hit, there is still quite a lot of work to be done.
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