Manitoba community damaged by ice wall [Video]

Homeowners in a Manitoba community are cleaning up after being impacted by a natural phenomenon last week.

An ice wall built up along the shore of Twins Lakes Beach on Lake Manitoba and winds pushed it inward, hitting and damaging several houses along the beach, located in the RM of St. Laurent.

“I’ve been here 62 years and I’ve never seen this before,” said Briant Fransoo, whose boathouse was destroyed by the ice.

“It’s quite damaged inside there. The ice has gone all the way inside the boathouse, so it’s pretty devastating.”

He said he needs to wait for the ice to fully melt before he can see the full extent of what happened.

A map showing where Twin Lakes Beach is compared to Winnipeg. (CTV News Winnipeg)

Residents told CTV News Winnipeg it took all of three minutes for the ice wall to do damage.

Roger Gillis, the municipal …