Evacuation begins at Whiteshell Provincial Park amid fire danger

Whiteshell Cottagers Association President Ken Pickering says cottagers near Whiteshell Provincial Park are on high alert due to wildfire conditions.

The evacuation of Whiteshell Provincial Park is officially underway, with residents fleeing the area amid wildfire dangers.

On Wednesday, the Government of Manitoba announced it would be closing Whiteshell Provincial Park on Thursday morning and that all park users had to be out of the park by 1 p.m.

Images from the area show a ‘Park Closed’ sign at the turnoff to Falcon Lake, as well as police officers helping with evacuations in the area.

The evacuations come the same day the province declared a state of emergency in Whiteshell Provincial Park after two were found dead in the RM of Lac du Bonnet, where a major wildfire is burning.