Sacred site paved for profit?

We'll meet near the intersection of the Portage Bridge and Wellington St, on small plaza on the north-east corner.  (The meeting place is down the hill from the road and can be reached by steps from Wellington Street or via the bicycle path.) 

From there, we will walk along the waterfront recreational pathway (by the Mill St pub) from the Portage Bridge to the Chaudière Bridge, across the Chaudière Bridge past the provincial border to where the road becomes Eddy St.  At that point, we will turn around and come back to Chaudière Island.  From there we will go west on the Island to the new park located directly adjacent to the ring dam, where there is a new lookout to the falls.   We'll return to the bridge and come back to the Ontario shoreline recreational pathway, turning west to go past the War Museum and walk a short distance upstream.

Note:  The sidewalks on the Chaudière bridge are narrow.  The public park at the dam is mostly a gravel surface, with one paved path.  The nearest publicly accessible washrooms are at the Library and Archives Canada (near start location), and the War Museum (near end location).

Greg Macdougall is an educator and media-maker who is active in Ottawa-based grassroots efforts on Indigenous solidarity.  These include the efforts to protect the sacred Chaudière site.  Greg is leading this walk to promote understanding of the history and significance of this site, and Indigenous rights in general, on unceded Algonquin territory.

Several special guests are also expected to be in attendance.