It’s one of the oldest buildings on Manitoulin Island, and is celebrated by locals for its food, nightlife and history — but the Anchor Inn can’t welcome overnight guests until at least 2024, perhaps 2025.
The establishment does have a dozen rooms, but they’re usually booked by tourists or other short-term visitors who flock to the area in great numbers to enjoy the natural beauty of the world’s largest freshwater Island.
Lanktree’s favourite thing about living at the Anchor Inn is the sense of community that has developed with other tenants and regular patrons, something he needs as he battles illness.
Hamilton said he’s so grateful he became “another guy on the second floor of the Anchor Inn” after Callaghan renovated the establishment’s conference room to accommodate him.
Donna Stewart, chief administrative officer of the local Manitoulin Sudbury District Services Board, said over 200 people are waiting for an affordable one-bedroom unit on the island.
Thanks to a land donation from a local family and funding from the provincial and federal governments, the organization recently built an affordable housing unit for seniors, but that took years to achieve and only ended up removing 12 people from the waitlist.
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It’s one of the oldest buildings on Manitoulin Island, and is celebrated by locals for its food, nightlife and history — but the Anchor Inn can’t welcome overnight guests until at least 2024, perhaps 2025.
The establishment does have a dozen rooms, but they’re usually booked by tourists or other short-term visitors who flock to the area in great numbers to enjoy the natural beauty of the world’s largest freshwater Island.
Lanktree’s favourite thing about living at the Anchor Inn is the sense of community that has developed with other tenants and regular patrons, something he needs as he battles illness.
Hamilton said he’s so grateful he became “another guy on the second floor of the Anchor Inn” after Callaghan renovated the establishment’s conference room to accommodate him.
Donna Stewart, chief administrative officer of the local Manitoulin Sudbury District Services Board, said over 200 people are waiting for an affordable one-bedroom unit on the island.
Thanks to a land donation from a local family and funding from the provincial and federal governments, the organization recently built an affordable housing unit for seniors, but that took years to achieve and only ended up removing 12 people from the waitlist.
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