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Nopiming cottagers to get electricity
COTTAGERS on two lakes in Nopiming Provincial Park will be able to eat their Thanksgiving turkey in the glow of light bulbs when a new hydro line is switched on at the end of September.The new 19-kilometre power line got the go-ahead in November when an environmental assessment report done by Manitoba Hydro said the new line "would not likely result in any significant environmental effects."
Work to install poles and rig lines to cottages on Long Lake and Beresford Lake will be completed by Sept. 30. Only cottagers who pay $10,000 will be hooked up. Seventy-two of 156 cottages will get hydro power this year.
Despite the bringing of modern conveniences to north Nopiming Provincial Park, there is no joy among the cottagers on the two lakes. The almost three-year process pitted neighbour against neighbour. Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard, who's followed the battle, said it started when Manitoba Conservation failed to get an independent opinion on the plan.
"When you're dealing with provincial parks, which are treasures for all Manitobans, it's very important that you have a proper, neutral consultation," Gerrard said.
Gerrard said the task was left to cottagers who wanted power hooked up, the North Nopiming Electrical Project Inc. (NNEPI). The group's stated goal was to end the reliance of cottagers on gasoline for generators and propane for lights, cooking and refrigeration.
Long Lake cottager and opponent Brian Gudmundson said hydro power also opens the door for more cottagers to install a pressurized water system and holding tank to replace outhouses that exist now. Gudmundson said composting toilets are a better alternative.
A Beresford cottager, who gets power installed this summer, said the process was all above board. She did not want to be identified.
bruce.owen@freepress.mb.ca
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 2, 2010 A6
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