Webequie First Nation, a remote community approximately 540 km north of Thunder Bay, is taking a major step forward in its effort to build a supply road. It marks what Chief Cornelius Wabasse calls “a major achievement” in one of Canada’s most significant Indigenous-led infrastructure projects.

The community has wrapped up the 60-day public review period for its draft Environmental Assessment Report and Impact Statement for the proposed Webequie Supply Road. The Environmental Assessment report is required under Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act and the Impact Assessment under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act.

The re view ran from Aug. 8 to Oct. 5 this year and followed an earlier 60-day review period exclusively for Indigenous communities. According to the Webequie First Natio

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