For medical emergencies, Dial 911, give your name and civic address (your island number, see below), your GPS coordinates if you know them, plus your marina name or road access point. If you call using a mobile phone, clarify that you are not at your home address (the one that is probably linked to your mobile phone).
Bayfield Inlet First Responders
Doug Wagener (Bayfield Team Leader) 705-746-0690
Butch Folland 705-938 8400 705-346-9509
Marcus Sandhar 905-717-9416
Tim Squirrell 705-774-1900
Aiden O’Donoghue 705-934-4296
Trina Ord 954-540-4099 705-805-0506
Peter O’Grady 705-740-3788 705-872-1627
Will Dinnin 519-671-5910
Nares Inlet First Responders
Rob Leblond (Nares Team Leader) 705-443-7567
Jenny Kolody 647-515-6246
Matt Sanger 613-406-0518
Fire Emergencies
In case of fire, call our local First Responders directly (not 911): Call your local first responders plus your cottage neighbours with fire pumps that you’ve pre-planned your fire response with in advance. Members can locate their neighbours with fire pumps using this online map. Go here for more fire preparation tips.
Doug Wagener (Bayfield): 705-746-0690
Robert Leblond (Nares): 705-443-7567
For forest fires (not structures): 310-FIRE (3473) — no area code
Civic addresses
Your island number is your civic address. It is used to locate your property in an emergency. Write your island number down and post it in a prominent place in your cottage, and make sure your civic address sign is posted on your dock. Don’t have a civic address sign? Contact the Township of the Archipelago here.
OPP – boaters speed, noise, safety (take photos and videos): 888-310-1122
Thompson Marine: 705-366-2235
Bayfield Boat Club: 226-792-8827
Springhaven Lodge / Nares Landing: 705-366-2374
Other Medical Contacts
Pointe au Baril Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (Mon-Fri), opposite Community Centre: 705-366-2376/2377
West Parry Sound Health Centre (our nearest hospital): 705-746-9321
TeleHealth Ontario (free 24-hour medical advice): 866-797-0000
Poison Control: 800-268-9017
Violence
OPP (urgent matters: accidents, assault, harassment, bullying, stalking or trespassing): 888-310-1122,
OPP (non-urgent): 705-746-4225
GPS location
BNIA members can get their GPS location from their online property profile on this website:
click the brown Login button on the menu bar, top right
login to your profile using your email address and password (for help see here)
in the “Cottage Information” box click “Update this Property”
your GPS coordinate are given in the Lat: and Lng: boxes (Latitude and Longitude), something like this — Lat: 45.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lng: -80.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
post these coordinates in a prominent place in your cottage, alongside your civic address number — they’re a backup way for our First Response Team to locate your island in a hurry
