Ceremony marks construction of new road to Shoal Lake 40 First Nation
SHOAL LAKE, Ont. — A celebration has been held in Shoal Lake 40 First Nation to mark the beginning of construction of a new all-weather road.
The 24-kilometre Freedom Road will connect Shoal Lake 40 to the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba.
It will provide year-round access between the mainland and the isolated community, which is located in northwestern Ontario just east of the Manitoba-Ontario boundary.
Shoal Lake 40 Chief Erwin Redsky called Friday “a special day” and told a crowd of about 50 people gathered inside the community’s arena that it has been a long journey to get to this point.