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NeeStaNan: All of Us Manitoba’s Gateway to the world NeeStaNan is all about vision! Marshall Murdock
A boon to Churchill and the Arctic Gateway line, a game changer for the Prairies and all of Canada
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istory has taught us that all nations need a vision, otherwise “people will perish”. Without a long-term plan, without a vision, people are doomed to wonder aimlessly. Examples of visionary realities: the first railway built in Canada was in 1836. On August 3, 1871, the first of the numbered treaties with local First Nations was signed in Lower Ft. Garry in Manitoba. In 1931 the Port of Churchill was built primarily for domestic services but ended up becoming an international service provider to world markets. The seven Treaty One First Nations envisioned the establishment of the largest urban Reserve in Canada at the former Kapyong Barracks, now called Naawi-Oodena. Under their leadership, this became a reality in 2021. This landmark project is not
The NeeStaNan solution – a shorter and quicker route. only for the Treaty One Nations, but also for Manitoba and Canada, including for other generations to come. This is vision. NeeStaNan is a vision for Manitoba, Canada, and the interna-
tional communities worldwide. NeeStaNan means “All of Us”. The NeeStaNan Corridor Group under the leadership of former chiefs, executives from oil and gas, university u 15 ‘NeeStaNan’
400 years of history with Europeans A trip back to where it all began near the Nelson and Hayes rivers
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he mouth of the Nelson and Hayes Rivers is where the original trade between first nations and European explorers began in this part of the continent. People have lost or never knew the rich history of First Nations and European contact reaching back to 1611, when Henry Hudson sailed into the Bay over 400 years ago. A year later, Sir Thomas Button sailed in and named the Nelson River, and over the next 60 years, a variety of visitors sailed in and out. In 1668, Médard Chouart des u
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NeeStaNan: A road to the world
Map of the mouths of the Nelson, Hayes and Fourteen Rivers. This is a recreation of the original 1912 map by the Champlain Society in 1931.
The Port of Churchill, with grain elevators, dominates the harbour and the economy of Churchill.
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ne way though the Bay? As the planet warms and the Northwest Passage once more becomes a realizable dream, the world is looking at the Arctic as the next major shipping lane for many reasons, most importantly because of shorter shipping times. Sadly, they are ignoring Hudson Bay and instead are considering Halifax as Canada’s most northern viable port, which makes no sense. People have been trained to think there is only one port on Hudson Bay and that is Churchill, and they have written Churchill off as two small, too shallow, and inaccessible for most of the year. But Churchill is not the only option, either from the world shipping perspective or from that of exporters in Canada. Indeed, when the idea of a working port and a railroad to get u 13 ‘NeeStaNan’
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