Posted 8 March 2014

The Energy East Pipeline Pre-Application was just filed by TransCanada, and public consultation is beginning.

You can register for the OEB Province-Wide Stakeholder Community Discussion Meetings here, and find details of when and where discussion meetings will take place here.

Volume 2 of their Project Description, section 1.11, lists the Ontario rivers that would be impacted, which are listed below for your convenience.

1.11.4 Ontario Water (Volume 2)



In ON, the ON West, Northern Ontario, and the North Bay Shortcut segments cross two primary watersheds (the Nelson River and Great Lakes–St. Lawrence watershed) and 41 named river crossings including:

Winnipeg River

Wabigoon River

Dog River

Black Sturgeon River

Kenogami River

Pagwachuan River

Nagagami River

Kabinakagami River

Opasatika River

Kapuskasing River

Mattagami River

Frederick House River

Blanche River

Montreal River

Madawaska River

Mississippi River

Rideau River

South Nation River

Preliminary List of Watercourse Crossings Requiring a Site Specific Design by Province of Ontario:

Hoasic Creek

Hoople Creek

Raisin River

McIntyre Creek

Riviere Beaudette

Riviere Delisle

East Rigaud River

Rigaud River

1.11.5 Ontario Wetlands (Volume 2, P1-48)

In Ontario, three wetland areas crossed by the Project have been designated as provincially significant. These include:

Delisle River (0.3 ha)

Froatburn Swamp (8.3 ha)

Glen Becker Swamp (5.6 ha)

Hosaic Creek (1.2 ha)

Ingleside (4.2 ha)

There will be up to 72 pumping stations which may carry an increased risk of spills. Locations are yet to be determined through public and First Nation consultations.