‘Deeply frustrated’: 60 evacuated from Neskantaga First Nation over water crisis – Globalnews.ca

October 20, 2020

A First Nation community in northwestern Ontario that has been under a boil water advisory for more than 25 years says it is evacuating some of its members after a new issue with its water supply was discovered.

In a tweet just before 5 p.m. ET, Neskantaga First Nation Chief Chris Moonias said it is “disheartening and sad” that he has had to evacuate the elderly, infants, chronically ill and vulnerable people from the community for a second time during his tenure.

Neskantaga First Nation is a remote community consisting of 460 members. It is located approximately 430 km northeast of Thunder Bay in Ontario, and is accessible only by air or ice-road.

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