Six Nations Flooding State of Emergency now in seventh month

June 2025 floods hit roadways, fields, homes and buildings in the community. (Photo by Jim C. Powless)

Six Nations of the Grand River (SNGR) is now seven months into a flooding state of emergency. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) said the community remains under a State of Emergency after a flooding hit June 18,2025. SNEC says it is continuing its “response and remediation efforts” to the flooding. In a statement released last week SNEC said that “Significant progress has been made in restoring impacted facilities.” The statement said 15 buildings were affected but only five are still under remediation. The statement did not list what facilities were impacted. However, one building, the Iroquois Lodge, was impacted with about 50 residents being forced to move to a facility in Delhi in June. The Iroquois lodge is the only long-term care home in Six Nations. The statement says Six…

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