This winter, the ice road season on Temagami First Nation was the shortest ever recorded, causing delays and challenges for the community. The warmest winter on record in Canada has raised concerns about the future of winter roads in northern Ontario.
This winter marked the shortest ice road season anyone can remember on Temagami First Nation . There were just 11 days when the road – a roughly seven-kilometre stretch of packed snow and ice connecting the island First Nation to the mainland – was open. That meant delayed projects, tougher access to groceries and health-care and an increasingly unpredictable season for the community's roughly 250 people as the First Nation grapples with how to adapt to a future shaped by global warming .
"Everyone I've talked to cannot remember a shorter season," David McKenzie, the First Nation's executive director, said in an interview this week."We're pretty sure it's the shortest ever." The warmest winter on record in Canada has spelled widespread issues for First Nations in northern Ontario connected to a network of winter roads built over frozen land, rivers and lake
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