Across Great Bear Lake from the 533-person hamlet of Délı̨nę sits the historic mining site of Port Radium. Danny Gaudet chaired a joint committee between Délı̨nę and the federal government on uranium mining in the area, which published its final report in 2005. A miner hauls a car of uranium-bearing ore at Eldorado Mine of Great Bear Lake, N.W.T., in 1930. Danny Gaudet chaired a joint committee between Délı̨nę and the federal government on uranium mining in the area. "It's time for the young people from the Dene Nation to step up to the plate and carry on a story that began on Great Bear Lake and down the river," she said.

Source: CBC News August 05, 2020 07:52 UTC