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Attachment Please let the river flow naturally

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Animal Defence and Anti Vivisection Society of British Columbia
  • Reference number: 45
  • Submitted: 2026-03-19 - 11:46 PM
  • The rivers are the veins of the Earth and dams clog her arteries.  Unlike beavers, concrete dams don't allow conversation with and between trees,  Please preserve the trees at this location. Please do not harm animals with this project. Please do not use animal testing for pollution and effluent monitoring. https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fish ?Please work with the Canadian Centre for the Alternatives to Animal Methods. https://www.uwindsor.ca/ccaam/ Please only use non lethal ways to live with geese, beavers, and other wildlife. Develop a Living With Coyotes program with the animal welfare organization Coyote Watch Canada. www.coyotewatchcanada.com Please only use non lethal ways to manage wildlife. There are humane, non lethal ways to deal with beavers. Here's a great resource. https://thefurbearers.com/downloads/PDFs/Beaver%20Book%20-%202019-10-08%20The%20Fur-Bearers.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1fP2wOYQKbWREX0E5QzYBhZLf9VjwMov3p37Vh8ToW1-NeQvAoVATZhEg%0A%0A https://www.change.org/p/stop-banff-from-killing-animals-after-conflicts https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/humanely-scare-away-canada-geese https://www.canadageese.org/nlcontrol.html https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/humane-goose-control-pdf.pdf https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-canada-geese This company makes non lethal products. https://margosupplies.com/ca-en/ ? Conventional rodent control uses cruel methods. The companies use glue traps, and snap traps, which, like legholds, can cause injury. They also use rodenticide, which kills slowly and kills many non target ...

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Attachment Get it right this time

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: local fisherman
  • Reference number: 31
  • Submitted: 2024-03-22 - 4:10 PM
  • To whom it may concern, the previous project at the dam left EVERONE wih no way to fish. After 100 years. You removed the conrete bottom and sides south of the dam , and filled in in with blasted jagged rock. 0 chance for any fishing from the bridge. Instead of the flat area beside the dam they put in a slope with a fence so people could get hurt. Doing stupid shit just to catch fish. You removed the ability to sports fish. I am suggesting a similar built as whats in place past tdam so we can fish safely. Idelly it would be best to build a walkway arould to the dock with a railing and concrete walkway. That way people could walk or fish a large area.   I am available to discuss my concerns.  

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Attachment Please do not harm animals

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Nicole Corrado
  • Reference number: 30
  • Submitted: 2024-01-29 - 3:10 PM
  • This project will likely harm wildlife and therefore should not go forth.  Please do not use animal testing for pollution monitoring.  https://www.change.org/p/stop-testing-sewer-water-on-laboratory-fishPlease only use non lethal ways to live with geese, beavers, and other wildlife.  Develop a Living With Coyotes program with the animal welfare organization Coyote Watch Canada.  www.coyotewatchcanada.com (https://www.coyotewatchcanada.com/) Please only use non lethal ways to manage wildlife.  There are humane, non lethal ways to deal with beavers.  Here's a great resource.  https://thefurbearers.com/downloads/PDFs/Beaver%20Book%20-%202019-10-08%20The%20Fur-Bearers.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1fP2wOYQKbWREX0E5QzYBhZLf9VjwMov3p37Vh8ToW1-NeQvAoVATZhEg%0A%0A https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/humanely-scare-away-canada-geese https://www.canadageese.org/nlcontrol.html https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/humane-goose-control-pdf.pdf https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-canada-geese This company makes non lethal products. https://margosupplies.com/ca-en/ Nicole Corrado

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Attachment Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism - Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project - Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement Summary

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
  • Reference number: 22
  • Submitted: 2023-05-02 - 12:46 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice: Comments invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • Mireille Lapointe,  Please find attached, MCM's comments on the Environmental Impact Statement Summary prepared in support of the Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project.  Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.  Joseph Harvey  Heritage Planner  Citizenship, Inclusion and Heritage Division | Heritage Branch | Heritage Planning Unit Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism 613.242.3743 Joseph.Harvey@ontario.ca (mailto:Joseph.Harvey@ontario.ca)
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  • Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism Heritage Planning Unit Heritage Branch Citizenship, Inclusion and Heritage Division 5th Flr, 400 University Ave Tel.: 613.242.3743 Ministère des Affaires civiques et du Multiculturalisme Unité de la planification relative au patrimoine Direction du patrimoine Division des affaires civiques, de l’inclusion et du patrimoine Tél.: 613.242.3743 May 2, 2023 EMAIL ONLY Mireille Lapointe, ing., M. Sc. Project Manager Quebec Regional Office Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 901-1550 d' Estimauville Avenue Québec, Quebec G1J 0C1 timiskaming-temiscamingue@iaac-aeic.gc.car MCM File : 0008853 Proponent : Public Services and Procurement Canada Subject : Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA 2012) – Environmental Impact Statement Project : Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project Location : Ontario Quebec border, at the Community of Thorn and City of Témiscaming, on the Ottawa River, Nipissing District Dear Mireille Lapointe: Thank you for inviting the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism (MCM) to the public consultation period on the proponent’s environmental impact statement summary for the Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project. MCM’s interest in this project relates to its mandate of conserving Ontario’s cultural heritage, which includes: • archaeological resources, including land and marine); • built heritage resources, including bridges and monuments; and • cultural heritage landscapes. Project Summary Public Services and Procurement Canada is proposing replacement of the Quebec Dam (bridge), which is part of the Timiskaming Dam ...
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Attachment Lake Sturgeon, Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender Diverse Persons, Ecological Impacts

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Keepers of the Circle
  • Reference number: 21
  • Submitted: 2023-05-02 - 11:12 AM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice: Comments invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project 80151 Comment To whom it may concern,??? This comment is provided in response to the proposed, Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project. In our review of the environmental impact statement, we prepared a summary of information and disseminated it to interested parties from nearby communities. This comment is a summary of the feedback and insights we obtained and is being submit on behalf of Keepers of the Circle. Our organization has locations based in Kirkland Lake and Timiskaming Shores and therefore, our communities will be affected by the bridge reconstruction, as employees and their families have relied on this bridge and will continue to do so well into the future. We agree that the bridge is an essential transportation channel, connecting Northern communities to major roads and infrastructure, as well as connecting Ontario and Québec. Since the bridge is now over 100 years old, we agree that the bridge should be updated to ensure continued safe transportation can be provided. Nevertheless, we seek to emphasize that the wellbeing of ecosystem and community health, extending to aquatic and land-based species, is essential in the deconstruction and construction process. Upon reviewing the 3 options presented in the environmental impact statement, we caution that option 1 would overlay into a sturgeon spawning ground and the population is vulnerable through its life cycle in the proposed area. We also note that this option creates a significantly larger loss of fish habitat compared to option 3 (12,361m and 11,153m of fish habitat lost, respectively). It is stated that ...

Attachment Consultation publique - AVIS de la TCO

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Table de concertation de la rivière des Outaouais
  • Reference number: 24
  • Submitted: 2023-05-01 - 3:56 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice: Comments invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe.
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  • Consultation publique Projet de remplacement du barrage- pont Témiscamingue du Québec Avis déposé à l'Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada AVANT PROPOS Le présent document expose l’avis de la Table de concertation de la rivière des Outaouais (TCO) dans le cadre de la consultation publique tenue par l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada à propos de l’étude d’impact environnemental réalisée dans le cadre du projet de remplacement du barrage-pont Témiscamingue du Québec. La Table de concertation de la rivière des Outaouais a été constituée en avril 2022, répondant à la volonté du gouvernement du Québec, par le biais d’une orientation de la Stratégie québécoise de l’eau, d’assurer et de renforcer la gestion intégrée des ressources en eau au Québec. Le caractère collectif de la ressource en eau, porté par la Loi affirmant le caractère collectif des ressources en eau et favorisant une meilleure gouvernance de l’eau et des milieux associés, intègre la participation des acteurs du milieu afin de favoriser une prise de conscience et d’offrir un lieu d’échange, de réseautage et de discussion autour des problématiques prioritaires associées à la ressource en eau et des impacts cumulatifs des usages que l’on en fait. La Table de concertation de la rivière des Outaouais est composée d’acteurs du milieu selon une structure de gouvernance collégiale assurant une représentativité des secteurs municipal, économique, communautaire et autochtone. Le principal mandat de la TCO est de procéder à l’élaboration d’un plan de gestion intégrée, voir à sa mise en œuvre et suivre son état d’avancement vers l’atteinte des objectifs fixés, et ce, à l’échelle de sa zone de gestion qui couvre le tronçon québécois de la rivière ...
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Attachment Announcement: Consultation Invited - Environmental Impact Statement for the Timiskaming Dam-Bridge Replacement Project

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Christine Savage
  • Reference number: 23
  • Submitted: 2023-04-28 - 1:26 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice: Comments invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • To whom it may concern:   Rayonier Advance Material is a major manufacturing facility that is just meters away from the dam/bridge coming into Temiscaming.  We have heavy traffic in and out of the site and need to confirm while you are doing this project, we have proper fluidity on the bridge and coming off the bridge to move hundreds of trucks and B train daily to access our facility. Last time there was a lot of work done on the bridge we had a lot of carriers' complaints as the space allotted to turn wasn't sufficient and was dangerous. There were numerous complaints of carrier damaged equipment, as well as trailers stuck on the bridge as they were unable to turn. This entire area was an accident waiting to happen.     Please advise the project start date, as well as a contact that will assist RYAM in facilitating a better set up for transports in and out of the mill.   Christine Savage Shared Services Supervisor

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Attachment re: Timiscaming Dam Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Alain King
  • Reference number: 25
  • Submitted: 2023-04-27 - 8:46 PM
  • Participation notice: Public Notice: Comments invited on the Summary of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • Good evening to whom it may concern,   over the last 2 years as you are probably aware a temporary fix on the dam was done which took an enormous amount of time, and from external perspective, poorly planned and executed and to make things worse right from the start the local people including myself, trucking companies, town and company officials etc were voicing our opinions that there were real concerns about the east end exit of the bridge dam restricting the movement of large vehicles and creating a real safety concern for pedestrians, light vehicles and others. Our concerns were completely ignored. Trucking companies damaged tires, rims, axles over an extended period. Finally, some work was done to correct the turning radius. Add to this putting down asphalt on a wood runway which ended up cracking and creating majors holes in the bridge until again finally someone decided to take all the asphalt off.    So this is the experience the local folks, truckers etc  had with the temporary repairs on the dam-bridge. So just glad nobody got hurt seriously but just the same lots of material damages and frustration to go allong with it. Having said all of this, if this exercise of gathering comments on a proposed dam-bridge replacement is just that an exercise to get the local people inputs shared so they can feel good about it, ... and it gets ignore again, then stop wasting people's time.   Let me present myself, my name is Alain King , Wood Procurement Manager for Ryam's Temiscaming site. We have numerous suppliers that go across those dams daily, delivering biomass, wood chips, pulp wood logs to the Temiscaming mills, and ...

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Attachment From Kebaowek First Nation, Wolf Lake First Nation and Temiskaming First Nation re: Comments on the Request for Time Limit Extension (see Reference #11)

  • Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Kebaowek First Nation, Wolf Lake First Nation and Temiskaming First Nation
  • Reference number: 14
  • Submitted: 2022-07-20 - 5:57 PM
  • Please see attached submission
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  • 11,4. WOLF LAKE FIRST NATION KEBAOWEK FIRST NATION By email: TIMISKAMING FIRST NATION Noernie Deshaies Senior Consultation Analyst, Quebec Regional Office Impact Assessment Agency of Canada / Government of Canada July 15, 2022 SUBJECT: Support for PSPC time limit extension request for the Timiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project. Dear Ms. Deshaies, Thank you for your letters to our communities M a y 2 6 , 2 0 2 2 concerning PSPC's request for a time limit extension of three years for the Temiskaming Dam-Bridge of Quebec Replacement Project (TDQRP). Our SART communities and technical team supports this request and a subsequent extension decision as: 1. We received the preliminary draft EIS on March 25th for review and are yet to complete consultation with SART community members on all necessary elements and studies for the final EIS. 2. We have Indigenous-led Species at Risk studies and Indigenous Knowledge System information that needs to be incorporated in the project review. 3. We are concerned in the decision making process in that Option 1 replacing the dam in a spawning bed moved to design phase based on the 2017 Environmental Effects Evaluation without making use of the consultation process of this Environmental Assessment and are actively seeking the input on this decision and other Options in consultation with our community members. Sincerely, Chief Lan Haymond Kebaowek First Nation Chief Lisa Robinson Wolf Lake First Nation Chief Arden McBride Temiskaming First Nation <contact information removed> <contact information removed> <contact information removed> <email address removed> <Original signed by> <Original signed by> <Original ...

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