Application # 0046
EMRPC #: EMRPC-0046
EMRIRB # 0046-323-010
Franz Seibel
Keewaytinook Okimakanak - KNet
300 Anemki Pl Suite B
Thunder Bay,
Ontario
P7J1H9
Canada
franzseibel@lp.knet.ca
Keewaytinook Okimakanak has contracted Seaforth Geological Surveys and the Arctic Research Foundation’s vessel the William Kennedy to complete a bathymetric (sonar) survey during September and October 2023 between Kuujjuaraapik, Peawanuck and Fort Severn. The survey, vessel with a crew of 14, will be completing the survey in 45 days. The purpose of this marine survey phase is to determine a route for a marine fibre optic cable between Kuujjuaraapik and the two Ontario Cree Nations. The survey incudes the use of sonar equipment to map the sea bottom to determine the best route (swath bathymetry (MBES), sidescan sonar (SSS) and subbottom profiler (SBP). A magnometer will be used to magnetically locate the crossing point of the Eastern Arctic Undersea Fibre Optic Network cable. Vibracore or Grab Sampler will be used to collect samples of the sea bottom every 5 kilometers up to a water depth of 25 meters to determine how the cable can be buried and protected as it comes to the shore landings. If the marine survey route phase and all other future construction permitting is approved, the fibre optic cable could be installed in the summer of 2026. The construction phase in 2026 would include (1) new shore landing at Peawanuck, (2) new shore landing at Fort Severn, (3) fibre optic cable being laid on the sea bottom from Kuujjuarapik to Peawanuck and Fort Severn, (4) connecting to existing Kuujjuarapik shore landing and Kativik Regional Government existing fibre optic network. No new shore landing will be built in Whapmagoostui and Kuujjuarapik.The remote Cree Nations of Peawanuck and Fort Severn require long-term fibre optic broadband (internet) connection for access to critical health, education, and administrative services, and community-led environmental monitoring.
ᑮᐙᔨᑎᓅᒃ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᒃ ᒌᐦ ᐅᑖᔅᑯᓈᐅᒡ
ᓰᕛᕐᕪ ᒌᔫᐧᓘᒋᑭᓪ ᐋ ᓂᔥᑐᓂᒥᔨᒡ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓂᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᕐᒃᑎᒃ ᕇᓯᕐᒡ ᕚᐅᓂᑌᔨᔑᓐ ᒋᒫᓂᔨᐤ ᐎᓕᔨᒻ ᑭᓂᑏ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᒋᔅᑐᑎᒥᔨᒡ
ᐹᕢᒦᑎᕆᒃ (ᐲᓯᒧᐦᒡ) ᐋ ᓂᔥᑐᓂᒥᔨᒡ ᒫᒀᒡ ᐋ ᐊᑯᒋᓂᔨᒡ ᐅᔅᑭᐦᐆ ᐲᓯᒻ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐐᔕᒄ ᐲᓯᒽ 2023 ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑰᒋᐙᔮᐱᒃ,
ᐲᐦᐋᓅᒃ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑆᕐᕪ ᓯᕕᕐᓐ᙮ ᐅᑎᐦ ᐆ ᒑ ᐃᔑ ᓂᔥᑐᓂᑭᓂᐎᒡ, ᒋᒫᓂᐦᒡ ᒑ ᐳᓯᒡ 14 ᑭᑎᐦᑎᓯᐅᒡ, ᑭᔮᐦ ᒑ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᐱᒥᐦᑭᐦᒡ
45 ᑎᐦᑐ ᒋᔑᑳᐤ᙮ ᐊᓐ ᒫᒃ ᐙᐦᒡ ᐆ ᐃᔑ ᓂᑐᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ
ᒫᒀᒡ ᐆ ᐋ ᐱᒥᐱᔨᒡ ᐋ ᐎᐦ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐙᒋᐦᒡ ᒑ ᐄᑖᐹᑭᒨᒡ ᓂᐱᐦᒡ ᐊᓐ ᑭᐙᐱᐦᑎᒧᐙᑭᓈᔮᐲᐦ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐅᐦᒡ ᑰᒎᐙᔮᐱᒃ
ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᓂᔓ ᐊᓂᑎᕇᔨᐆ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐋ ᐄᑎᓯᑳᓈᓯᒡ ᐋ ᐎᒋᐦᒡ᙮ ᐅᑎᐦ ᐆ ᒑ ᐃᔑ
ᓇᓂᑐᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐲᓯᒧᐦᒡ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐅᔑᐦᑖᒑᐱᔨᒡ ᒋᑭ ᐋᐱᑎᓐ ᐊᓐ ᐋ ᐎᐦᑎᐹᐹᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐋᓈᐦᑎᒨ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ
ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᒑ ᐄᑖᐹᑭᒧᒡ ᐊᓐ ᒑᒀᓐ ᒑ ᐊᑎᔮᐱᑎᐦᒡ (ᒫᒨᐦ ᓂᔅᑐᔨᒡ ᐄᔑᓈᑯᓐ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᒑ ᐊᐱᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐄᑖᒫᑎᒽ)᙮ ᐊᓐ ᒫᒃ ᒦᓐ ᒑ ᐊᐱᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐋ ᐎᐦᑖᑯᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋ ᐄᑖᒋᐅᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ
ᓂᐦᐋᐤ ᓈᑭᐦᐆᑐᒡ ᐊᓐ ᒑ ᑎᑯᐦᒡ ᐊᓐ ᐙᐱᓅᑖᐦᒡ ᐊᕐᒃᑎᒃ ᐄᑖᒫᑎᒨ ᒑ ᐱᒫᐹᑯᒧᒡ ᐊᓐ ᑭᓂᐙᐱᐦᑐᒧᐙᑭᓈᔮᐲᐦ᙮ ᒋᑭ ᑎᑯᓐ ᐊᓐ ᒑᒀᓐ ᒑ ᐊᐱᑎᐦᒡ ᐋ ᓂᔥᑐᓂᑭᓄᒡ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᒑᒀᓐ ᐋᓈᑎᒨᒡ
ᐊᔑᑯᒻ 5 ᑎᐦᑐᑎᐱᐦᐄᑭᓐ ᑳ ᑎᐦᒀᒡ ᐊᔅᒋᐤ ᑎᐱᐦᐄᑭᓐ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ 25 ᑎᐹᔅᑯᓂᑭᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔅᐱᐦᑖᑎᒥᔨᒡ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ
ᒑ ᒌ ᐃᔑ ᐄᔮᐦᑰᐦᐄᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓐ ᒑ ᐃᔑᓈᑯᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᒑ ᐋᑳ ᐎᔮᔥ ᐄᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐐᐦᒥᓈᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐋ ᒑᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ
ᒥᓯᑳᒫᔮᐹᑭᔅᑖᒡ᙮
ᒥᓯᐙ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᐦᐄ ᓂᔅᑭᐙᔮᔨᐦᑖᑭᓅᒀᐙᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓐ ᐙᐦ ᐃᔑ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᔅᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ
ᐅᑖᐦ ᐃᔑ ᓂᔅᑖᒥᐦᒡ ᓂᔥᑯᒧᓈᓂᐅᒑᐦ, ᐊᓐ ᑭᓂᐙᐱᐦᑎᒧᐙᑭᓈᔮᐲᐦ ᔕᔥ ᒋᑭ ᐎᔮᐹᑭᒧᐦᑖᑭᓅ ᓂᐱᐦᒑ 2026 ᐊᔅᒌᐤ ᐊᒋᐦᑖᓲᓐ᙮
ᐅᑎᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐆ 2026 ᐋᐱᑎᓰᔅᑖᑭᓅᒑᐦ
ᐊᑯᑎᐦ ᒑ ᑎᑯᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓐ (1) ᐋ ᐅᔅᑳᒡ ᒑ ᒥᓯᑳᒫᔮᐹᑭᔅᑖᒡ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐊᓐ ᐄᐦᑖᐎᓐᐦ ᐲᐦᐙᓅᒄ, (2) ᐋ ᐆᔅᑳᒡ ᐋ ᒥᓯᑳᒫᔮᐹᑭᔅᑖᒡ
ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᕛᕐᑦ ᓯᕕᕐᓐ, (3) ᑭᓂᐙᐱᐦᑎᒧᐙᑭᓈᔮᐲᐦ ᒋᑭ ᐱᒫᐹᑭᔅᑖᐤ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋᓈᐦᑎᒨ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑯᒍᐙᔮᐲᒃ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐃᔑ ᐲᐦᐙᓄᒄ
ᑭᔮᐦ ᕛᕐᕪ ᓯᕕᕐᓐ, (4) ᒋᑭ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐋᓃᔥᑯᐙᐱᐦᒑᐦᑎᓐ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ
ᑰᒍᐙᔮᐱᒄ ᑳ ᒥᓯᑳᒫᔮᐱᑭᔅᑖᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓂᒌ ᑳᑎᕕᒃ ᑎᐹᔨᐦᒋᒑᓯᐅᒡ ᐋᐦᑎᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᐆᑭᓂᐙᐱᐦᑎᒧᐙᔮᑭᓈᔮᐱᐙᐤ ᔕᔥ ᐋ ᐋᐱᑎᓂᔨᒡ᙮ ᓂᒧᐃ ᒥᓐ ᐋ ᐅᔅᑳᒡ ᑭᑎ ᑎᑯᓐ ᐋ ᒥᓯᑳᒫᔮᐱᑭᔅᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐙᐱᒫᑯᔅᑑᐦᒡ
ᑭᔮᐦ ᑯᒍᐙᔮᐱᒃ᙮
ᐊᓂᒌ ᒫᒃ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐄᐦᑖᐎᓐᐦ ᐲᐦᐧᐋᓅᒃ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑆᕐᑦ ᓯᕕᕐᓐ ᒋᑭ ᓂᑎᐙᔨᐦᑖᑯᓐ
ᓈᐅᔥ ᐋ ᐋᐱᑎᐦᒡ ᐆ ᕚᔨᐱᕐ ᐅᑉᑎᒡ (ᑭᓂᐙᐱᐦᑎᒧᐙᑭᓈᔮᐲᐦ) ᒑ ᒌ ᑖᐱᐦᑎᐦᒡ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᐎᒋᐦᐄᑯᒡ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᒌ ᓂᑎᐦᑯᔨᓐ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᓯᐅᒡ,
ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐎᓐᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐄᒑᐅᑭᒥᑯᐦᒡ ᐋᐱᑎᓯᐎᓐ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᐦᑖᐎᓂᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐱᒥᐲᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ ᒥᔪᔅᑭᒥᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒫᒃ ᒋᔑᒄ
ᐋ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓈᓈᑭᒋᐦᑖᑭᓂᐅᒡ᙮
Commenting phase is over
The Eeyou Marine Region Impact Review Board (EMRIRB) has a mandate to protect the integrity of the ecosystem for the existing and future residents of the Eeyou Marine Region. To assess the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the project proposal, the EMRIRB would like to hear your concerns, comments, and suggestions.
Project is not in commenting stage.