Impacts of transportation infrastructure on water quality, sediment loads, and fishing opportunities in the Gwich’in Settlement Area, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Teillet, Matthew
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2020
• Subjects: Gwich'in Settlement Area; benthic macroinvertebrates; sediment; Traditional Knowledge; Mackenzie River; fishing opportunities; Integrative Biology; Social and Cultural Anthropology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Fort McPherson; Northwest Territories; Tsiigehtchic; Gwich’in; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2264; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/3390/viewcontent/Teillet___final_thesis.pdf

The addition of gravel sediment to build ferry landings on the Peel and Mackenzie Rivers has been an ongoing concern for the Gwich’in communities of Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic that depend on the rivers for their livelihoods. Specifically, there are concerns that gravel from ferry landings is de...