Article content The IISD-Experimental Lakes Area is slated to get a funding boost from Ottawa to construct a new science and tourism centre at the field station east of Kenora. The centre will be designed with visitors and students in mind, senior director with IISD-ELA Matthew McCandless said during a virtual announcement Thursday. It will include classrooms and seminar rooms, a dining hall, reception and gallery as well as accommodations. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. IISD-ELA gets FedNor funds to build tourism centre Back to video IISD-ELA received $180,000 in funds from FedNor, which will allow the organization to get design and blueprints done with a goal of having the project “shovel ready” by the fall, McCandless said. The funding comes from FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development Program.