Representatives from Indigenous communities in Manitoba say they’re proud to lead the way in protecting one of the few large untouched stretches of land in Canada.
The Manitoba and federal governments and the Indigenous-led Seal River Watershed Alliance have signed an agreement to study making the huge expanse of land west of Churchill officially an Indigenous protected area — and possibly a national park reserve.
The Seal River watershed is located in northern Manitoba west of Hudson Bay, mostly south of Nunavut border. It’s one of the largest ecologically pristine watersheds in the world, and one of its richest carbon sinks.
Stephanie Thorassie, the executive director of
