Lake Huron’s ‘fish city’ is a sign of trouble at nuclear plant, says Ontario First Nation – CBC

Apr 30, 2026

Bruce Power is seeking regulatory permission to run reactors at a higher output to produce more electricity

The dazzling underwater footage from Lake Huron appears to show such abundance that a documentary crew dubbed a zone “fish city” and showcased it for Earth Day.

But Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) is challenging that narrative of fish crowding in the warm-water outflow of Bruce Nuclear Generating Station — saying the site functions instead as a “fish trap.”

The First Nation points to the deaths of up to five million gizzard shad there in 2025 — a tally recorded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulatory report.

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