Impact of Diamond Mining on Established Outfitting Operations, Lac de Gras, Scoping Meeting Presentation (Quaivik Limited, April 1995)
Background presentation by outfitters Mike Freeland and Fred Webb to the BHP Environmental Assessment Panel regarding negative impacts of diamond exploration and mining on their established hunting and tourism operations at Lac de Gras and Courageous Lake in the Northwest Territories, including interference with caribou migration routes and loss of revenue.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Mike Freeland, Fred Webb, Quaivik Limited, BHP Environmental Assessment Panel, Coppermine Hunters and Trappers Association, Coppermine HTA-Webb Ltd., Webb Outfitting (NWT) Ltd., GNWT Department of Economic Development and Tourism, DIAND, Government of the Northwest Territories, Government of Canada
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Courageous Lake, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Coppermine, Great Slave Lake, Barrenlands, Central Arctic, Ungava Quebec, Newfoundland, Labrador, New Brunswick, Alaska, Pellatt Lake, Contwoyto Lake, McKay Lake, N'Dilo
- Parameters
- caribou migration, wilderness experience, hunting industry, diamond exploration and mining impact, employment, wildlife resources, historical sites, tourism operations, land use conflict
- Pages
- 6
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