Namakan River Project Comment Sought

A public comment period for a proposed hydro development project on the Namakan River is now underway.

Ojibway Power and Energy Group, a partnership between Lac La Croix First Nation and Chant Construction of southern Ontario, recently released the project's draft environmental report.

The project proposes to divert water through an intake facility and powerhouse at Bill Lake and returned west of High Falls, site of a generating station.

Ojibway Power hopes to begin construction this spring.