Webequie First Nation takes the lead on Ring of Fire supply road: Webequie First Nation hosts Thunder Bay open house to kick off EA process.

• Date: 01 November 2019

A First Nation community is breaking new ground in leading the environmental assessment (EA) and consultation process on a proposed short supply road to the Ring of Fire.

Webequie First Nation, the closest fly-in community to the James Bay mineral belt, kicked off the EA engagement process by hosting the first of a series of public information sessions in Thunder Bay in early October to share information with the public about the road project and gather feedback.

It's part of the early stages of a larger environmental assessment process that's underway for a planned 107-kilometre all-season road between the Webequie Airport and the area around McFaulds Lake, better known as the Ring of Fire, 535 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay.

The road would facilitate the movement of materials, supplies and people into the exploration and future mining camp.

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