Ignace, ON – Head walker Darlene Necan is inviting others to join her as she prepares to launch the fifth annual Walk Against Nuclear Waste on Sunday.
The Walk will start in Ignace on September 1st, and travel west to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s candidate site for a deep geological repository for all of Canada’s high level nuclear waste, mid-way between Ignace and Dryden.
Ms. Necan, an elder and Headman with the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, has led the walk on four previous years.
The Walk Against Nuclear Waste Burial upon Treaty 3 Lands will leave the NWMO Learn More Centre in Ignace at 10 a.m. on Sunday, September 1st. Walkers and supporters are asked to gather at 9 a.m. to smudge and prepare for the walk getting underway.
The Walk will travel west on Highway 17 from Ignace to the Revell River picnic area (approximately 40 km). A second contingent is expected to walk east from Wabigoon with the two groups converging after two days of walking.
Walk start: Sunday, September 1st, 10 am, Gathering at 9 am, Departure at 10 am
Walk start location: Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s “Learn More” Centre, Ignace
Walk direction: West from Ignace, with a second continent walking east from Wabigoon.
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