An Aboriginal perspective on the remediation of Mid-Canada Radar Une sites in the Subarctic: a partnership evaluation, Arctic 59(2):142-154

• Main Authors: Brandy Sistili, Mike Metatawabin, Guy Iannucci, Leonard J. S. Tsuji
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Key words; Mid-Canada Radar Line; remediation; partnerships; Aboriginal perspective; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Dawson Creek; Fort Albany; Hopedale; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.515.7035; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic59-2-142.pdf

ABSTRACT. The Mid-Canada Radar Line (MCRL) was built during the 1950s in response to the perceived threat of a Soviet nuclear attack over the Arctic. The MCRL was an entirely Canadian project, consisting of 98 radar stations that stretched across the 55th parallel from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Hopedale, Labrador. Seventeen MCRL sites were located in Ontario, and by 1965, all had been closed for strategic and economic reasons. Since these sites were improperly decommissioned, they have become point sources of contaminants in northern Canada. In 2001, MCRL Site 050 was remediated. The Fort Albany First Nation