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Northern Ontario Ring of Fire

Index Northern Ontario Ring of Fire

The Ring of Fire is the name given to a massive planned chromite mining and smelting development project in the mineral-rich James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario. [1]

58 relations: Albany River, Aroland First Nation, Assembly of First Nations, Attawapiskat First Nation, Attawapiskat River, Bernard Valcourt, Bob Rae, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Canadian National Railway, CBQT-FM, Chromite, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Constance Lake First Nation, Copper, Copper sulfide, De Beers, Eabametoong First Nation, Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines, Environmental impact assessment, Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, First Nations, Fort Albany First Nation, Ginoogaming First Nation, Greenstone, Ontario, Greg Rickford, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, James Bay, Kashechewan First Nation, Kenora District, KWG Resources, Long Lake 58 First Nation, Marten Falls First Nation, Matawa First Nations, McFaulds Lake, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Mishkeegogamang First Nation, Neskantaga First Nation, Nibinamik First Nation, Nickel, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Ogoki Post Airport, Ontario Highway 599, Ottawa Sun, Palladium, Pickle Lake, Plan Nord, Platinum, ..., Tetra Tech, Thunder Bay, Tony Clement, Toronto Star, Victor Diamond Mine, Webequie First Nation, Winnipeg Free Press, YouTube. Expand index (8 more) »

Albany River

The Albany River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay.

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Aroland First Nation

Aroland First Nation (2006 Population 325) is an Ojibwa and Oji-Cree First Nation within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Territory and a signatory to Treaty 9, located in the Thunder Bay District approximately 20 kilometres west of Nakina.

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Assembly of First Nations

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is an assembly, modelled on the United Nations General Assembly, of First Nations (Indian bands) represented by their chiefs.

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Attawapiskat First Nation

The Attawapiskat First Nation (Cree: ᐋᐦᑕᐙᐱᐢᑲᑐᐎ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ, "People of the parting of the rocks"; unpointed: ᐊᑕᐗᐱᐢᑲᑐᐎ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ) is an isolated First Nation located in Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River on James Bay.

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Attawapiskat River

The Attawapiskat River is a river in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that flows east from Attawapiskat Lake to James Bay.

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Bernard Valcourt

Bernard Valcourt, (born February 18, 1952) is a Canadian politician and lawyer, who served as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Madawaska—Restigouche, New Brunswick until he was defeated in the 2015 federal election.

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Bob Rae

Robert Keith Rae, (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian lawyer, negotiator, public speaker, and former politician.

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Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) and its regulations establish the legislative basis for the federal practice of environmental assessment in most regions of Canada.

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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) (French: Agence canadienne d’évaluation environnementale) is the Government of Canada agency that reports to the federal Minister of the Environment.

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Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

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CBQT-FM

CBQT-FM is a Canadian radio station.

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Chromite

Chromite is an iron chromium oxide: FeCr2O4.

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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., formerly Cliffs Natural Resources, is a Cleveland, Ohio, business firm that specializes in the mining and beneficiation of iron ore.

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Constance Lake First Nation

Constance Lake First Nation is an Oji-Cree First Nations band government located on the shores of Constance Lake near Hearst Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada, It is directly north of the community of Calstock along a continuation of Ontario Highway 663.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Copper sulfide

Copper sulfides (British English spelling: copper sulphide) describe a family of chemical compounds and minerals with the formula CuxSy.

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De Beers

The De Beers Group of Companies is an international corporation that specialises in diamond exploration, diamond mining, diamond retail, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors.

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Eabametoong First Nation

Eabametoong, also known as Fort Hope or Eabamet Lake by Canada Post, is an Ojibway First Nation band government in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada.

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Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines

The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines was a project to build a twin pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia.

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Environmental impact assessment

Environmental assessment (EA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences (positive and negative) of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action.

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Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario

The Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (or FedNor) is a program of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada whose mission is to address the economic development, diversification and job creation in Northern Ontario.

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First Nations

In Canada, the First Nations (Premières Nations) are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle.

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Fort Albany First Nation

Fort Albany First Nation is a Cree First Nation reserve in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.

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Ginoogaming First Nation

Ginoogaming First Nation (formerly the Long Lake 77 First Nation) is a small Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation reserve located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Long Lake, immediately south of Long Lake 58 First Nation and the community of Longlac, Ontario.

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Greenstone, Ontario

Greenstone is an amalgamated town in the Canadian province of Ontario with a population of 4,636 according to the 2016 Canadian census.

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Greg Rickford

Greg Rickford (born September 24, 1967) is a Canadian politician who presently serves as Ministry of Energy, Mines, Northern Development and Indigenous Affairs in the cabinet of Premier Doug Ford, and represents the riding of Kenora-Rainy River in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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Hudson Bay Lowlands

Hudson Bay Lowlands are a vast wetland located between the Canadian Shield and southern shores of Hudson Bay and James Bay.

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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), referred to by its applied title under the Federal Identity Program as Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), (Affaires autochtones et du Nord Canada), is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to Aboriginal peoples in Canada, that comprise the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

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James Bay

James Bay (Baie James, Wînipekw) is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada.

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Kashechewan First Nation

The Kashechewan First Nation is a Cree First Nation band government located near James Bay in Northern Ontario, Canada.

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Kenora District

Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

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KWG Resources

KWG Resources Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian mining company, based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Long Lake 58 First Nation

Long Lake 58 First Nation is a Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation band government located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Long Lake, immediately north of Ginoogaming First Nation and west of the community of Longlac, Ontario.

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Marten Falls First Nation

Marten Falls First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nation reserve located in northern Ontario.

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Matawa First Nations

Matawa First Nations (Ojibwe: ᒫᑕᐙ (maadawaa, "to fork, to confluence"); unpointed: ᒪᑕᐧᐊ), officially as the Matawa First Nations Management, Inc., is a non-profit Regional Chiefs' Council representing Ojibway and Cree First Nations in Northern Ontario, Canada.

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McFaulds Lake

McFaulds Lake is a lake located in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

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Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs

The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs is one of two Ministers of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for overseeing the federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and administering the Indian Act and other legislation dealing with "Indians and lands reserved for the Indians" under subsection 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867.

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Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) is responsible for assisting economic development in the Northern Ontario region and for mining in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Mishkeegogamang First Nation

Mishkeegogamang First Nation No.

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Neskantaga First Nation

Neskantaga First Nation (formerly known as Lansdowne House Indian Band) is a remote Oji-Cree First Nation band government in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake in the District of Kenora.

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Nibinamik First Nation

Nibinamik First Nation (Ojibway language: ᓃᐱᓇᒥᐦᐠ (Niibinamik, "Summerbeaver"); unpointed: ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ), also known as Summer Beaver Band, is a small Oji-Cree First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, located on the Summer Beaver Settlement that is connected to the rest of the province by its airport, and a winter/ice road that leads to the Northern Ontario Resource Trail.

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Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28.

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Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᓐ (Anishinaabe-aski Ishkoniganan Ogimaawin), unpointed: ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᐊᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓐ; NAN for short) is a political organization representing 49 First Nation communities across Treaty 9 and Treaty 5 areas of Northern Ontario, Canada.

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Ogoki Post Airport

Ogoki Post Airport,, is located northeast of Marten Falls First Nation (Ogoki Post) near the Ogoki River in Ontario Canada.

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Ontario Highway 599

Secondary Highway 599, commonly referred to as Highway 599, is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Ottawa Sun

The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Palladium

Palladium is a chemical element with symbol Pd and atomic number 46.

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Pickle Lake

Pickle Lake is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the most northerly community in the province that has year-round access by road.

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Plan Nord

Plan Nord is an economic development strategy launched by the government of Quebec in May 2011 to develop the natural resources extraction sector in the part of Quebec north of the 49th parallel.

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Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78.

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Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech, Inc. provides consulting, engineering, program management, and construction management services that address fundamental needs for water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, and energy.

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Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is a city in, and the seat of, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

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Tony Clement

Tony Peter Clement, (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian federal politician and Member of Parliament of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper.

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Victor Diamond Mine

The Victor Diamond Mine is the first Canadian diamond mine located in Ontario, and De Beers' second diamond mine in Canada (after the Snap Lake Diamond Mine).

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Webequie First Nation

Webequie First Nation is located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km (336 mi) north of Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada.

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Winnipeg Free Press

The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ontario_Ring_of_Fire

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