Talk:Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

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Update re Freedom Road

Freedom Road was eventually built, so I would like to change the section about the man-made island. Usually I would just make an edit like this, but I don't want to water down the inequity that existed for a long time because there was no road, so I would like to see what others think. Tenbergen (talk) 16:27, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The community inhabits a man-made island. As of 2019 it is accessible from the Trans-Canada Highway via all-season road. There was no land access to the community from 1917 when it was separated from the main land to build the Greater Winnipeg Water District Aqueduct until a road and bridge was completed in 2019. During this time, the community was only accessible via barge traffic from Iskatewizaagegan 39 First Nation's dock, located in the community of Kejick, Ontario, and in winter by ice roads. The construction of a the all-season road to provide all-season road access was secured after an agreement was reached between four levels of government on how the cost would be covered.^[1]The road, aptly-named "Freedom Road", was eventually built between 2017 and 2019.^[2]

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The community inhabits a man-made island. It is accessible via barge traffic from Iskatewizaagegan 39 First Nation's dock, located in the community of Kejick, Ontario, and in winter by ice roads. The construction of a new all-season road to link the community with the Trans-Canada Highway was secured after an agreement was reached between three levels of government on how the cost would be covered.^[3] The road, aptly named Freedom Road, was eventually built between 2017 and 2019.^[2]

References

^ Feds give more for Freedom Road. Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b Government of Canada. "Shoal Lake 40 welcomes the opening of Freedom Road". Retrieved November 27, 2022.
^ Feds give more for Freedom Road. Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[1] Feds give more for Freedom Road. Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[Government-of-2] Government of Canada. "Shoal Lake 40 welcomes the opening of Freedom Road". Retrieved November 27, 2022.

[3] Feds give more for Freedom Road. Winnipeg Free Press, 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

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