The roadway has been characterized by numerous repairs. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake praised the dedication of the protesters and said they will now be located beside Highway 138, near the foot of the Mercier Bridge leading to Montreal. I have one hell of a job trying to calm things down now in the territory.". The tractor leading the convoy held … Indigenous protesters blocked traffic on several highways in Quebec. As he has in the past, Legault again raised the prospect of police intervention on Monday. As a compensatory measure, the Champlain Bridge Boom was opened to motorists and a temporary rail shuttle was introduced. School Concordia University; Course Title SOCI 230; Type. OPP arrest 10 demonstrators at Tyendinaga blockade site, charges pending, As Wet'suwet'en rail blockades continue, journalist sees echoes of the 1990 Oka Crisis, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. The barricade in Kanesatake, 60 kilometres northwest of Montreal, is blocking Highway 344, the main road running through that Mohawk community. “The Kahnawake Peacekeepes don’t have any interest in criminalizing people for standing up for our rights,” Zacharie said after a question was asked if land defenders in Kahnawake would face charges/police investigation. It is estimated that an average of 75,000 vehicles use the bridge each day. Kahnawake Mohawks blockaded the Mercier Bridge, along with highways and rail lines running through their territory, during the Oka Crisis. Phase B was originally to be done by Pomerleau-de Mathieu Bard, but problems led to the removal of the contractor. Several weeks later one of the Warrior flags was removed from the bridge and replaced with a Quebec flag (the red Warrior flag is barely visible in the above picture between the first 'V' section of the truss). Unique in Quebec, the bridge is managed by both the federal and provincial governments. "There's going to be no police coming in here to do anything. "Quebecers have suffered enough. "It's a show of solidarity. In 2014, an in-depth study was commissioned to a consortium of BPR, Genivar and SNC-Lavalin firms to determine the optimal solution for the future of the section. Mohawk community members marched along Route 132 Thursday to relocate the dismantled Kahnawake blockade near the Mercier Bridge. Mohawks in Kanesatake have blocked the highway near the very spot where the barricade stood during the 1990 Oka Crisis, in response to the arrests of 10 people in Ontario as authorities there attempted to end protests that have paralyzed rail traffic in Eastern Canada. The final confrontation occurred on September 25, when the Canadian forces resorted to water … By early evening, Mohawk protesters had opened one lane of Highway 344, as well as checkpoints set up on other roads in and out of the community, and were verifying vehicles before allowing them to pass. The higher section over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was added in the late 1950s. Kahnawake Mohawks stand guard as a man speaks with a Peacekeeper at the entrance to the main rail line blockade on their territory across the Mercier Bridge from Montreal, Quebec. Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Gagnon, the 'Van Doo'commander responsible for monitoring the blockades along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River west of Montreal. The activists erected a blockade on Highway 132 around 5 p.m., … The OPP operation in Tyendinaga Monday morning sparked demonstrations elsewhere in Quebec, as well. In response to the siege and violent eviction of Sacred Ground, Mohawks in Kahnawake territory erected a blockade and shut down an onramp for 2 hours on Highway 132. The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) (in French: Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Incorporée, PJCCI), a federal Crown corporation, is responsible for managing, operating and maintaining the Mercier Bridge where it crosses the Mohawk Reserve of Kahnawake. Both traditional and elected leaders in Kahnawake criticized the OPP for taking action while negotiations are underway to end the dispute in B.C. Ellen Gabriel, a Mohawk activist from Kanesatake, said earlier Monday she couldn't say how long the barricade would be in place. CBC News, Nov 12, 2015. The bridge deck will be replaced using prefabricated concrete deck panels. Kahnawake blockade lifted Mohawk community members marched along Route 132 Thursday to relocate the dismantled Kahnawake blockade near the Mercier Bridge. Just hours after the OPP operation in Tyendinaga, Mohawks from Kahnawake, south of Montreal, led a slow motorcade along highways 132 and 138, which snarled traffic leading to the Mercier Bridge, one of the busiest links to the island of Montreal. There it would climax every night for a week after the July 11 blockading of the bridge with the burning of the effigy of a Mohawk Indian every night. The peaceful protest, similar to the blockading of the Honoré Mercier Bridge in 1990, was successful in increasing the visibility of the dispute and putting pressure on the federal government to come up with a resolution. The convoy on the Mercier Bridge and the road blockade in Oka "shows the potential of what we could do if we wanted to." It's on our territory. [5] The reinforcement of existing structures was staggered until 2013. I can't tell you more than that," Legault said while visiting his riding just east of Montreal. A Mohawk group in Kahnawake used a rolling blockade to slow traffic on Quebec's Mercier Bridge, which a source informed CTVNews.ca was in direct response to the arrests at Tyendinaga. Mar 05, 2020, 6:12 PM The rest of the bridge (902 meters, 986 yards) is owned by the Quebec Ministry of Transport, which is also responsible for the day-to-day operations of the complex, including the federal part. Construction of the bridge began in November 1932 and was completed in the early summer of 1934. The protestors at Mercier Bridge negotiated an end to their blockade. ... Kahnawake blockade comes down, moves to green space near Mercier Bridge… We will protect ourselves," Norton said. Asked if police intervention would simply stoke tensions, the premier replied: "Look, this has lasted 19 days. Demonstrators also drove slowly down the R-132, in Montreal's south shore, pausing traffic towards the Mercier Bridge. On August 29, the Mohawks at the Mercier Bridge negotiated an end to their protest blockade with Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Gagnon, the "Van Doo" commander who had been responsible for the south shore of the St. Lawrence Riverduring the crisis. The Oka Mohawks, betrayed by the resolution, stood their ground. Regan Jacobs reports! Mohawk activists from the Kahnawake reserve had threatened to destroy the Mercier Bridge if police moved to dismantle their blockade. This preview shows page 1 - 2 out of 2 pages. Provincial Bridge: Major Rehabilitation or Reconstruction. In August 1963, the Quebec Department of Public Works approved the construction of a "second" bridge downstream from the first. Using all known weaknesses of the bridge structure, the engineers undertook a complete recalculation of the load bearing ability of the structure. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake praised the dedication of the protesters and said they will now be located beside Highway 138, near the foot of the Mercier Bridge … They are greeted by a furious mob that throws rocks at the passing … The date of the beginning of the work is not determined, but it will begin sometime in 2019, once the construction of the new Champlain Bridge is completed. But Quebec's transportation minister, François Bonnardel, said Monday that the provincial government hasn't ruled out eventually seeking an injunction to clear the tracks in the Gaspé. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. To ensure their safety, the Kahnawake Peacekeepers stopped traffic from the Kahnawake side of the bridge, while the Quebec Provincial Police blocked access on the Lasalle side. It is the most direct southerly route from the island of Montreal toward the US border. While the blockade was being dismantled, community members said they would move their camp and sacred fire to the foot of the Mercier bridge, where they would continue to express solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in British … On August 29, at the Mercier Bridge blockade, the Mohawks negotiated an end to their protest with Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Gagnon, the 'Van Doo' commander responsible for monitoring the blockades along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River west of Montreal. Author of the article: Christopher Curtis, Jason Magder • Montreal Gazette. But the point is, we can do this," Gabriel told a small group of journalists, including a CBC Montreal reporter. "We're convinced that dialogue and communication is the best thing, but … everything is on the table.". The barricades must be dismantled. In response to the siege and violent eviction of Sacred Ground, Mohawks in Kahnawake territory erected a blockade and shut down an onramp for 2 hours on Highway 132. Trucks moved lumber and supplies. During the Caledonia land dispute, certain individuals from Kahnawake erected Warrior and Confederacy flags on the steel trusses of the bridge to show their support. Kahnawake residents have set up their own blockade along Canadian Pacific tracks that run through their territory, which has disrupted both freight and commuter rail services. [2] It is the most direct southerly route from the island of Montreal toward the US border. Coordinates: 45°25′01″N 73°39′18″W / 45.417°N 73.655°W / 45.417; -73.655, The twin spans of the Mercier Bridge as seen from the, Mohawks in Support of the Caledonia Group, List of crossings of the Saint Lawrence River, "The Honoré Mercier Bridge - Construction", "Southbound Mercier Bridge closed for entire summer", Robert-Bourassa Boulevard/University Street, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honoré_Mercier_Bridge&oldid=999339324, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Pages using infobox bridge with empty coordinates parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 January 2021, at 18:03. Phase A was handled by Kahnawake's Mohawk Bridge Consortium. The psychology of the Mercier Mob took over as people marched or drove through local streets and back roads before ending up at the blockade, where toe orgy of frustration would end. This increased the number of lanes from two to four. Indigenous protesters blocked traffic on several highways in Quebec. CN Police obtained an injunction to break up the protest, but as officers approached, the protesters dispersed. The height of the bridge varies from 12.44 m (40.8 ft) to 33.38 m (109.5 ft) with the highest sections located over the St. Lawrence Seaway. The barricades at Kanesatake were among several protest actions taken across Quebec Monday by First Nations communities angry that the Ontario Provincial Police had forcibly dismantled the encampment in the Mohawk territory of Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ont. Today there is no toll charged for crossing the bridge. Once they calculated that and factored in a margin for safety, they decided to close the bridge at 8:04 PM on June 14, 2011. Engineers examined each gusset and designed an individual solution of either replacement or reinforcement aimed as a permanent solution, not a patch. Kahnawake community members had erected blockade in show of solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux CBC News, October 28, 2016 Indigenous activists briefly blocked a Mercier Bridge access ramp in a show of solidarity with opponents of a pipeline project in North Dakota, Kahnawake Peacekeepers said Friday night. During the Oka Crisis in July and August 1990, the bridge was closed to all traffic for over a month by Mohawks who supported their brothers from Kanesatake. It is 1.361 km (0.846 mi) in length and contains four steel trusses on its first section. blockade of the 344 highway in order to restrict access to Oka and Kanehsatake. That camp, which blocked traffic on rail lines owned by Canadian National, went up more than two weeks ago after RCMP officers in British Columbia tried to break up protests led by Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the construction of a natural gas pipeline that would run through their territory. It is 1.361 km (0.846 mi) in length and contains four steel trusses on its first section. Kahnawake Mohawks blocked an access ramp to the Mercier Bridge for the second night in a row to protest the City of Montreal’s controversial sewage dump into the St. Lawrence River. The height of the bridge varies from 12.44 m (40.8 ft) to 33.38 m (109.5 ft) w… In Lac-Simon, an Algonquin community near Val-d'Or, Que., people showed their support for the Wet'suwet'en chiefs by protesting next to the highway that runs by the reserve, although not blocking traffic. The peaceful protest, similar to the blockading of the Honoré Mercier Bridge in 1990, was successful in increasing the visibility of the dispute and putting pressure on the federal government to come up with a resolution. Kahnawake/Montreal, Honoré Mercier Bridge Blockade, October 28, 2016. On June 29, 2007, community members of Kahnawake staged a peaceful protest on the bridge, in support of the AFN's National Day of Action. Numerous lane closures and redirection of traffic is expected to continue until work is completed. In total, the new deck is an area of 40,684 m2 (10 acres). The Mohawks of Kahnawake announced they are ending a rail blockade that has halted rail traffic south of Montreal for more than three weeks. Mohawks in Kanesatake have blocked the highway near the very spot where a barricade stood during the 1990 Oka Crisis, in response to the arrests of 10 people in Ontario as authorities there attempted to end protests that have paralyzed rail traffic in Eastern Canada. Several journalists were turned away as they approached it. The original east approach was on Lafleur Avenue, which ran straight into the Gauron Bridge over the Lachine Canal. If we want to take it down today, we can just put it back up tomorrow.". There is a narrow sidewalk on the side headed to Châteauguay that was for use by foot or bicycle, but it has not been open since major repairs began in 2009. The bridge, known in the developmental stage as the "Saint-Louis Bridge" (for the nearby located Lake Saint-Louis and the parish of Saint-Louis-de-Caughnawaga, today part of the Kahnawake reserve), was designed by eleven French-Canadian engineers, all graduates of the École Polytechnique de Montréal, and was built by the Dominion Bridge Company Ltd under a government-funded work program. I trust police to act in due course. Tyendinaga rail blockade February 10, 2020 02. This stand-down eventually contributed to the resolution of the original siege on the Kahnawake reserve, and on September 26 the Mohawks there dismantled and burned some of their weapons. With files from Jessica Deer, Sudha Krishnan, Kate McKenna and Radio-Canada, Audience Relations, CBC P.O. The works were then completed by the Mohawk Bridge Consortium. The Oka Mohawks, betrayed by the resolution, stood their ground. I think Quebecers have suffered enough.". "We are really, really upset that the OPP acted this way at this time," said Kenneth Deer, secretary of the Mohawk Nation in Kahnawake, which represents the traditional Iroquois Longhouse political system. The number of people at the Kahnawake blockade swelled to near 50 not long after the arrests began in Tyendinaga. On August 29, the Mohawks at the Mercier bridge negotiated to end their protest blockade. The Honoré Mercier Bridge in Quebec, Canada, connects the Montreal borough of LaSalle on the Island of Montreal with the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, Quebec and the suburb of Châteauguay on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. [4] The eight-year work on the federal part, led by contractor, Mohawk Bridge Consortium, was completed by the end of August 2016. Kahnawake/Montreal, Honoré Mercier Bridge Blockade, October 28, 2016. On August 29, negotiations between the army and the Mohawk on the Mercier bridge ended that blockade and thereby ending a major bargaining chip … The bridge is named after former premier of Quebec Honoré Mercier. The Honoré Mercier Bridge in Quebec, Canada, connects the Montreal borough of LaSalle on the Island of Montreal with the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, Quebec and the suburb of Châteauguay on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. A total of 982 new concrete panels were installed at a cost of $200 million. The final confrontation occurred on September 25, when the Canadian forces resorted to water cannons to disperse the crowd, proving unsuccessful. In response, a group of This closure period led to violent tempers and clashes between Mohawks and people from Châteauguay, and the extension of Autoroute 30 bypassing the Kahnawake reserve. A spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec said officers were "watching the situation very closely.". 2009 saw the start of a complete rehabilitation of the bridge, the largest ever undertaken in Canada. The Mohawk people set up a blockade at the Mercier bridge, a major thoroughfare used daily by 70,000 suburban commuters. The rail blockade in Kahnawake that halted a busy commuter line for nearly a month has been lifted. Mohawk activists from the Kahnawake reserve had threatened to destroy the Mercier Bridge if police moved to dismantle their blockade. A man and child walk towards a blockade set up in Kahnawake Mohawk territory south of Montreal on Monday. On August 29, at the Mercier Bridge blockade, the Mohawks negotiated an end to their protest with Lieutenant Colonel Robin Gagnon, 'Van Doo' commander responsible for monitoring the blockades along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River west of Montreal. But on August 29, the Mohawk of Kanehsatake were dealt a blow. Demonstrators also drove slowly down the R-132, in Montreal's south shore, pausing traffic towards the Mercier Bridge. On June 14, 2011, due to the extreme deterioration of 10 gusset plates, the 1930s section of the Mercier bridge was closed until September 6 (in time for school restart). Once again men from the community placed Warrior and Confederacy flags on the structure that spans the St. Lawrence Seaway. Wikimedia Commons Community Archives / CC0 On August 29, the Mohawks at the Mercier bridge negotiated to end their protest blockade. We have every right to do it. Mercier Bridge. In 1961, a nine-hole golf course was built on land that had been claimed by the Mohawk of the Kanesatake reserve as their Commons (known as the Pines); despite protests that the land included a burial ground, the Mohawk claim … During the surrender, as the military began arresting land defenders and … The work is expected to prolong the bridge's life for another 75 years. Kahnawake's elected grand chief, Joe Norton, said our "people are angry; they're upset. Saint-Lambert blockade fell The Mont-Saint-Hilaire train line resumed service early Monday morning after demonstrators dismantled their blockade in Saint-Lambert , … This comprises the ramps leading to the bridge on the south shore ("Ramps" Sector), the span over the St. Lawrence Seaway ("Seaway" Sector), and the stretch above "Ile Maline" ("B1 Island" Sector). On August 29th the blockade at the Mercier Bridge was dismantled and by September 26th the last protesters at Kanehsatake left their blockades.49 Throughout the crisis negotiations were attempted between the province and the protesters and other affected parties, however, neither 45 Obomsawin and Koenig, Kanehsatake. They felt that without the blockade, they would lose the one thing they had gained during that month–a voice. It carries Route 138, originally Route 4. 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