Project nearly 40 years in the making becomes reality
The Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation is no stranger to flooding; their woes began in 1904.
In 1907 a culvert was constructed to help combat the flood waters in the community, however, it didn’t quite hold up over the years. In response, community leaders started to devise plans to upgrade the culvert to get more water to flow and create sufficient drainage in 1980.
And Friday, after forty-one renditions and some 37 years later, the band’s plans are soon to be implemented.
“We’ve dealt with this for well over 100 years,” Brian Seeseequasis, who’s overseen the project for the last 10 years, said. “It’s taken us that long to finally get the issue dealt with because this drainage ditch was not sufficient.”