Just before leaving Burns Lake, we get a text from Anne Ketlo: “Go to the ball diamond. All native softball tournament. Lots of people who want to talk!” And just like that, we’re headed up the road to see Fort St. John take on Lake Babine Nation.
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Pipeline Politics: The Burns Lake Take
Having left Nadleh with jars of smoked salmon, huckleberry jam, and Saskatoon berry syrup, our next stop is in Burns Lake. A small town of just over 2,000 people, it’s a town still recovering from the effects of an explosion which destroyed Babine Forest Products – a wood mill which was once one of the town’s primary employers – earlier this year.
A Brief Route Overview
If approved along the proposed route, the Northern Gateway pipeline would cover 1,177 km, beginning near Bruderheim, AB (a small community of just over 1,000 residents) and ending in Kitimat, BC (an active industry town with a population of just over 8,000). Approximately 18% of the length of the pipeline would be run through mountainous […]