Wataynikaneyap Submits Amended Final Terms of Reference

November 25, 2014

Wataynikaneyap Power has submitted the Amended Terms of Reference (ToR) for the New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Project for a review and decision by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change.  The preparation of the Amended Terms of Reference has considered input received through agencies, interested persons including First Nation and Métis communities, other Aboriginal groups, and traditional land-based rights holders since submission of the Final ToR in May 2013, including a 30-day review period from April to May 2014 on a Draft Amended ToR.  In response to comments regarding focussing the environmental assessment (EA) on a preferred corridor, Wataynikaneyap made the decision to “unfocus” the EA and to include two additional corridor alternatives in the EA process.  Once this decision was made by Wataynikaneyap, the Final ToR and accompanying appendices were amended to “unfocus” the EA and assess and evaluate the preliminary proposed corridor and corridor alternatives, which are the following.

  • the preliminary proposed corridor: Dinorwic (east of Dryden) to Pickle Lake; and
  • two corridor alternatives:

  • ‍Ignace to Pickle Lake east through the Mishkeegogamang First Nation Reserve; and
  • ‍Ignace to Pickle Lake west around the Mishkeegogamang First Nation Reserve.


The environmental assessment will determine the potential environmental effects for all three corridors. A final routing analysis will compare the three corridors using the results of the effects assessment, as well as cost and constructability and technical criteria. This analysis will identify a preferred corridor for the transmission line.

Wataynikaneyap is committed to continue to engage agencies, interested persons including First Nation and Métis communities, other Aboriginal groups, and traditional land-based rights holders and take into account any feedback throughout the environmental assessment stage process. 

The Amended Final ToR can be downloaded here:

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