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September 18, 1989, about 3:30 p.m., at the Wakimika Creek bridge (behind the second banner), where the blockade began at dawn. Everyone is waiting for the Ontario Provincial Police whose vehicles appeared down the road. PHOTO: EARTHROOTS |
Paul Smith locks-on to the
bridge with a Kryptonite bicycle lock around his neck. This was the first
lock-on and Smith became a master at innovating ways to lock onto various
objects. Kryptonite is extremely difficult to cut, especially when the lock is close to the skin as a torch cannot be used. Terry Graves, Christine Nichol and Chuck Gobeil spent a cramped and sleepless 36 hours locked on a bulldozer.
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First arrest of nonviolent blockaders at 4:00 p.m. on September 18. |
The famous mug shot of future premier of Ontario Rob Rae, the fourth arrest. A year later he would be premier. |
The base camp on the beach at Wakimika Lake held about 200 protestors and 90 tents on the first weekend of the blockade. Participants were dedicated as they had to come in either by canoe or a series of boat shuttles and portages from Whitefish Bay on Lake Temagami via Diamond, Larn and Pencil lakes. |
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