SUN News reports the federal government has approved a...

SUN News reports the federal government has approved a $71-million settlement to compensate Curve Lake, Hiawatha and Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nations for lands flooded during the construction of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario. The claim was filed in 1988 for compensation for the flooding of 12,000 acres of island lands in 1837, 1856 and 1880. The Trent-Severn Waterway is a 386-km canal route through central Ontario lakes and rivers that connects Lakes Huron and Ontario.

“We have received verbal communication from Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 10, that this agreement has been signed by Minister (John) Duncan,” states a notice on the Curve Lake Web site. “The administrative process to transfer the settlement funds will take up to 45 days,” the notice states.