Namakan River Project Open House

Area residents will get an opportunity today to comment on a proposed hydro development project on the Namakan River.

Ojibway Power and Energy Group, a partnership between Lac La Croix First Nation and Chant Construction of southern Ontario, are holding an open house on the project at the Adventure Inn from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The plan calls for development of a 6.4 megawatt "run-of-river" hydroelectric generation station at High Falls.

Additional stations and dams are proposed at Myrtle Falls and potentially at Hay Rapids.