Pollution Probe Honours Dokis First Nation Power Project

Jennifer attended the 2014 Pollution Probe Gala to witness Chief Denise Restoule of the Dokis First Nation accept Pollution Probe's 2014 Sustainability Award in connection with the Okikendawt Project—a 10 MW hydroelectric facility being developed by the Dokis First Nation with Hydromega Services Inc. New water power projects are not always green, and are meeting stiff environmental, aboriginal and community opposition in many parts of Ontario. Good to know that some are being done right.

The project is being developed at the site of the Portage Dam in French River, Ontario which is 80 km southeast of Sudbury and 45 km southwest of North Bay. It has been reported to be an economic development goal for the Dokis First Nation for the past 25 years. The name "Okikendawt" means "pots in the rocks in the river" in Ojibwa.