Sioux Narrows Opens Sports Fishing Center

There was a big surge in visitor numbers in Sioux Narrows yesterday.

A couple of hundred people turned out for the grand opening of the Northern Ontario Sports Fishing Center.

Jeff Port was one of the people who sat on a committe that helped program the new visitor center and says sports fishing really has become the community's brand.

The Sports Fishing Center cost 2.2 million dollars to build, with 900 thousand dollars in infrastructure funding from both the federal and provincial governments.