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The aptly-named Freedom Road is a route for community residents to safely and conveniently travel to the mainland to get groceries or attend medical appointments.
Jun 21, 2022 · The community in northwestern Ontario, near the Manitoba-Ontario border, built Freedom Road, connecting their once-isolated community to the Trans-Canada Highway, and completed a water-treatment...
Freedom Road is a five-part documentary series that tells the inspiring story of Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe First Nation and their battle to build a road, after their community was forcibly relocated and cut off from the mainland over 100 years ago, so that water could be diverted to the city of Winnipeg.
Jun 19, 2019 · Freedom Road to Shoal Lake 40 First Nation now completed. A four-day long celebration in early June, 2019, helped officially open Freedom Road. The 24-kilometre stretch of gravel road connects Shoal Lake 40 First Nation to the Trans-Canada Highway.
Freedom Road is a five-part documentary series that tells the inspiring story of Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe First Nation and their battle to build a road, after their community was forcibly relocated and cut off from the mainland over 100 years ago, so that water could be diverted to the city of Winnipeg.
- Angelina Mcleod, Paula Kelly
- 15 min
Jun 7, 2019 · Freedom Road provides Shoal Lake 40 residents with year-round access to the Trans-Canada Highway, reconnecting the community to Manitoba, ending the costs and dangers of lake travel and unlocking economic opportunities.
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Aug 7, 2019 · The Freedom Road project was an eight-year effort between Shoal Lake 40, Ottawa, Manitoba, Winnipeg, other First Nations and the International Joint Commission, a U.S. and Canadian body that...
