Good morning folks.  The last day to help the Great St. Mary's River get Archibald Lake finalized for protection as a new Wilderness Area!  It will only take a moment to help.

You can sign by clicking this link:  https://www.thegoldmineconversation.com/archilbaldlakewildernessarea

Two great reasons why you should sign:

1. You will be helping create more protected places now and for future generations for both people and wildlife to enjoy well into the future.  This space is just about 1000 acres its 100% owned by the Crown and is considered in full an Eastern Shore Quartzite Plain. 

Archibald Lake and MacDonald Lake flow outflow ends up entering the river in Stillwater just above the big green Stillwater to Waternish bridge. The inflow is called Archibald Pool which is just below the famous Ford Pool run and right in front of the old Oland’s Cabin. No longer owned by Oland’s but locals refer to it by that name. Archibald brook is about 5km long and is an amazing brook trout and wood turtle habitat. Approximately halfway up the brook there is a small waterfall that prevents Atlantic Salmon from using the rest of the system up from this point. Archibald Lake has long been one of the St. Mary’s River Valley’s most significant lakes with world class Brook Trout angling. It has been said that the two lakes have an underwater connectivity to them, and fish can swim back and forth freely. This drainage basin flows in a completely different direction than the McKeen Drainage basin.

2. If this space is protected the law says the giant open pit gold mine slated for Cochrane Hill will not be permitted to use this as a water source for their process!   

Atlantic Gold has identified Archibald Lake as one option for the gold mine’s site process wastewater (effluent) to be discharged.  If the project where to go ahead a pipeline from the process site to Archibald Lake would be built (approximately 6km) and large swaths of woodland would be cut. The Project Description says that start up will require 300,000 meters cubed to 500,000 meters cubed of water from Archibald Lake. Production requires an expected daily raw water withdrawal to be in the range of 50 meters cubed per day (= 50,000L/day).  A water withdrawal approval is needed for water withdrawals greater than 23,000L/day.

Have a look at what you will be contributing to protect on this video:  https://youtu.be/6jG1YkiJlfQ

You can sign by clicking this link: 

https://www.thegoldmineconversation.com/archilbaldlakewildernessarea