Lake Rouge

Mystery of Vanishing Lake in Northern Quebec Raises Alarms Over Environmental Change

Mystery of Vanishing Lake in Northern Quebec Raises Alarms Over Environmental Change

Quebec (Rajeev Sharma): Residents of the Cree community of Waswanipi in northern Quebec are searching for answers after a nearby lake abruptly drained last spring, leaving behind mudflats, dead fish and lingering questions about whether human activity played a role. Manoel Dixon, 26, was at his family’s hunting camp in May when his father received a puzzling Facebook message from a fellow hunter: “Lake Rouge is gone.” At first, the family struggled to understand what that meant. Lake Rouge, known for its clear water, trout and sandy shores, covered roughly three square kilometres and had long been a fixture of…
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