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. It is part of the Township of Madawaska Valley. It is named after Sir Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere (1773–1865). Combermere is best known as home to the Madonna House Apostolate, but the village provides access to numerous lakes and rivers for cottagers and tourists who visit the area. It is home to the Sinking of the ''

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'' Steamship lookout, which gives tourists an overlooking view of the lake, where the ''Mayflower'' sank on the night of November 12, 1912.

Climate

Extensive damage resulted in the community when a

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moved through the area during the evening hours of August 2, 2006. Trailers, roofs. and cottages sustained heavy damages with an estimated cost of over one million dollars from the tornado (a strength of F1 according to Environment Canada). A state of emergency was declared in Combermere after the tornado. Acres of land were flattened .and groves of century-old pines were destroyed. The same storm that produced the tornado also left about 175,000 hydro customers without power. There were no deaths in the community.

Noted inhabitants

* John Wesley Dafoe – Founder of the Winnipeg Free Press *Baroness Catherine Doherty – Founder of Friendship House in

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and the Madonna House Apostolate, based in Combermere. *Reverend Eddie Doherty – American newspaper reporter, co-founder of the Madonna House Apostolate.

References

External links

Combermere, The Playground of the Madawaska River
{{authority control Communities in Renfrew County

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