Gull Bay breaks off negotiations with OPG

Calling a settlement offer from Ontario Power Generation "morally repugnant," Gull Bay Chief Wilfred King has broken off negotiations with the company.

Both sides had been working to settle past grievances relating to the serious impact of water diversion and damming from 1918 to 1950.

The dams flooded Gull Bay reserve land and traditional territory used by members for fishing, trapping, hunting and gathering, King said.

Burial sites and graves have also been impacted, he said.

As a result of flooding, graves of members were desecrated and washed into Lake Nipigon. They were not able to be recovered.

"The damages caused to our peoples' graves are considered irreparable and can never be compensated for in monetary terms," King said.