Kawartha Nishnawbe members leave blockade at Burleigh Falls dam project but barricades remain
The Indigenous blockade at a Parks Canada dam project in Burleigh Falls, Ont., ended Wednesday.
On Jan. 12, 2021, members of the Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation erected a blockage at the Parks Canada dam site to prevent further reconstruction of the dam which started a day earlier.
The First Nation members claim they were never consulted on the project which lies in the treaty area of the Mississagua s of Kawartha Nishawbe in Burleigh Falls, about 30 kilometres north of Peterborough and adjacent to Curve Lake First Nation. The dam separates Lower Buckhorn Lake and Stoney Lake.