Harper and about 80 others who took boats to St. Theresa Point First Nation on Tuesday night boarded a barge to Garden Hill First Nation Thursday morning to catch flights to southern Manitoba. Children from Wasagamack First Nation peer at a plane through a chain link fence Wednesday outside the St. Theresa Point First Nation airport. A forest fire nearly twice the size of Winnipeg burns in the distance near Wasagamack and St. Theresa Point First Nations. (CBC News)Partial evacuation orders have been issued for St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill First Nation. Evacuees wait for flights at Garden Hill First Nation.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2017 13:10 UTC