Repository of the Athabasca River Basin

Kearl Lake

Location

Wood Buffal AB

Canada

Traditional land use study for the Mobil Kearl Oil Sands Project

Year: 1999

Abstract:
The primary objectives of this study are to provide information on the Fort McKay Community in order to facilitate understanding of traditional land uses; to provide traditional land use information on a regional and site specific basis; and to provide traditional land use information to the oil and gas industries which are looking to develop their own projects in the region. This Traditional Land Use Study also provides information on the traditional lands and uses of the Treaty Indians of Cree and Chipewyan heritage, the Métis, and non-status Indians of the Community of Fort McKay. Both Suncor Energy and Syncrude Canada have embarked on major expansions to their current operations. These expansions include the Suncor Steepbank Mine and Fixed Plant Expansion, Syncrudes Aurora Oil Sands Mine, and Sensor's Project Millennium. In addition to Mobil Oil's Kearl Lake Oils Sands project, Shell, Petro Canada, Gulf, Koch and other oil sand lease holders in the Fort McKay traditional use area have all embarked on oil sands development projects which are in various states of preparations. This study includes the Fort McKay registered trapline area senior holders list. It also provides maps of the Fort McKay registered trapline area boundaries, the Fort McKay oil sand lease and registered trapline area boundaries, Kearl Lake area traditional resource use, as well as the minable oil sand leases.

Citation:

[Anonymous] (1999). Traditional land use study for the Mobil Kearl Oil Sands Project . Abstract

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Traditional land use study for the Mobil Oil Kearl Lake Project

Year: 1998

Abstract:
The objective of this traditional land use study was to provide information, both regional and site specific, to the oil and gas industry regarding the area in which these companies plan to locate their operations. The authors of the study note that traditional land use studies cannot be considered complete when they only describe traditional activity; studies must also aim to relate the relationship between the people and the land. Furthermore, site specific information must be given within a larger regional context to understand the land uses of a community who utilize resources over a large area. This study provides a brief explanation of the history of the "bush" economy and its importance for the Fort McKay First Nation as well as a discussion of the impacts of ongoing commercial operations in the area ranging from logging to oil sand development. The study concludes that exploration and testing on the Mobil Oil Kearl Lake lease is already having a strong negative influence on certain members of the Fort McKay First Nation, especially those who continue to operate traplines in the project area. The ongoing changes to the land have also led to increased access which in turn has led to an increase in general disruption, noise, and vandalism.

Citation:

[Anonymous] (1998). Traditional land use study for the Mobil Oil Kearl Lake Project . Abstract

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When humans entered the northern forests: An archaeological and palaeoenvironmental perspective

Author(s): Bouchet-Bert, L.

Year: 2002

Citation:

Bouchet-Bert, L. (2002). When humans entered the northern forests: An archaeological and palaeoenvironmental perspective. Archaeology(M. A. ), 166.