A set of rapids on Poplar River is pictured. The river runs through a vast area of wilderness known as Pimachiowin Aki which was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
A 23-year-old resident of Poplar River First Nation recently became the community’s lands guardian. Owen Bear is now tasked with protecting the land that’s known as Pimachiowin Aki, which in Anishinaabemowin translates to "the land that gives life." It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
It's a pristine wilderness area straddling the Manitoba-Ontario border home to two provincial parks and four First Nations: Ontario's Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Manitoba's Atikaki Provincial Park, Poplar River First Nation, Pauingassi First Nation, Little Grand Rapids First Nation and Bloodvein First Nation.
Part of Bear's job also involves checking on shoreline erosion and monitoring water levels on the Poplar River. It's important for fishers and other boaters to know when they're travelling through river's many rapids, he said. Using the Poplar River to access the land has been a tradition in his family passed on to him by his father.
Ed Hudson, a Poplar River First Nation councillor who serves on the board of directors for Pimachiowin Aki, said the land is important to people in the community. Provincial legislation which was put in place before the World Heritage Site designation protects both areas from development.
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