Essipit Seeks Balance Between Economics and Ecology - The North Coast

From tourism to wind energy, through fishing, the Innu community of Essipit maintains itself as an essential economic player on the Haute-Côte-Nord. For its leader, Martin Dufour, sustainable development necessarily requires a balance between growth and protection of the territory. Last January, the Innu First Nation Essipit became a partner with Hydro-Québec and the RCM of Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the construction of an wind farm in the Nutinamu-C…

From tourism to wind energy, through fishing, the Innu community of Essipit maintains itself as an essential economic player on the Haute-Côte-Nord. For its leader, Martin Dufour, sustainable development necessarily requires a balance between growth and protection of the territory. Last January, the Innu First Nation Essipit became a partner with Hydro-Québec and the RCM of Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the construction of an wind farm in the Nutinamu-C…

From tourism to wind energy, through fishing, the Innu community of Essipit maintains itself as an essential economic player on the Haute-Côte-Nord. For its leader, Martin Dufour, sustainable development necessarily requires a balance between growth and protection of the territory. Last January, the Innu First Nation Essipit became a partner with Hydro-Québec and the RCM of Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the construction of an wind farm in the Nutinamu-C…