Since the LaSalle Causeway was shuttered indefinitely, local tourism-reliant businesses have been scrambling to make contingency plans if the closure goes through the summer
Following a post on Kingston's reddit forum, many eyes turned to the grad club as it weathers a storm including financial troubles and its board leaving.
The trolley can’t get across to Fort Henry and two of the Thousand Island tour ships are stuck on the wrong side of the causeway.“It is not an option to leave these two vessels in the inner harbour,” Thousand Islands Cruises general manager Eric Ferguson said.Tourism is a major financial contributor to the local economy, bringing in over half a billion dollars to the city in 2023.“I don’t think that we can really devalue the impact,” Tourism Kingston CEO Megan Knott said.
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