Mud Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador

Mud Lake is a small unincorporated community in central Labrador, Canada. It had a population of 54 as of 2021.[1] The town is not accessible by road. It is usually reached by crossing the Churchill River by boat (during summer) or snowmobile (during winter).[citation needed]

Notable people

Elizabeth Goudie, writer, was born there in 1902. Her son Joseph Goudie, a politician and former broadcaster, was born there in 1939.[2]

Flooding

In May 2017, the town was affected by severe flooding and its residents were evacuated to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Many residents have planned a lawsuit against Nalcor Energy, the company behind the Lower Churchill Project upstream from the town which is alleged to have caused the flooding.[3]

From June to December 2017, the residents resided at CFB Goose Bay.[4][5]

An independent report on the flooding conducted in 2017 by KGS Group concluded that ice jammed up at the mouth of the Churchill River because of a combination of natural causes, forcing water over the riverbank, caused the flooding.[6]

In 2019, a Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court justice ruled that a class-action lawsuit filed by Mud Lake residents against Nalcor Energy and the provincial government related to the flooding could proceed.[7]

See also

  • Mud Lake — lakes in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

  1. ^ "Division No. 10, Subd. C, Subdivision of unorganized (SNO)More information: Newfoundland and Labrador [Census subdivision]". Newfoundland & Labrador Statistics Agency. April 2023.
  2. ^ "Woman of Labrador - Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  3. ^ Breen, Katie (2017-06-01). "Mud Lake flooding victims prepare to launch class action suit". CBC News.
  4. ^ Parker, Jacob (2017-06-02). "Mud Lake residents find temporary quarters in air force barracks". CBC News.
  5. ^ "'People want to go back. But I'll never': Displaced Mud Lake woman wonders what's next". CBC News. Dec 13, 2017. Retrieved Oct 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Natural causes to blame for Mud Lake flooding, concludes independent report". CBC News. Oct 2, 2017. Retrieved Oct 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Class action against Nalcor, N.L. government for Mud Lake damage going ahead". CBC News. Jul 12, 2019. Retrieved Oct 20, 2020.

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