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RILEY SMITH • Jan 01, 2018
Would you like to see the Mask-wa Oo-ta-ban, or "Bear Train," operating again between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst?
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Here is an update on the work that Chief Jason Gauthier has completed in order to bring back passenger service from the Sault to Hearst. The Chief has had very productive meetings with CN and has reached most of CN’s requirements:
The Missanabie Cree First Nation (MCFN) led Mask-waOo-ta-ban (Bear Train) Initiative won the Destination Northern Ontario Industry Leader – Investment Attraction Award. The Destination Northern Ontario (DNO) awards were announced at the 2019 Northern Ontario Tourism Summit in Timmins. The award was presented to MCFN Chief Jason Gauthier at the Destination Northern Ontario office in Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday, November 28.
This week, the narrative of Indigenous rail development continues with Keewatin Railway Company (KRC), the second First Nations owned and operated train in our country. In 2003, as a result of the mine closure near Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, Hudson Bay Railway Company (HBR), owned by Omnitrax, an American-based company, announced its intention to abandon this rail line (Keewatin Railway Company, 2017).