Nowaboriginal groups along the path of the proposedMackenzieValleynatural-gaspipeline in the Northwest Territoriesstandtobecome part-owners of theC$7 billion project—if it goes ahead.
Such is the demand for natural gas around Fort McMurray that a consortium of companies, including Shell Canada and Imperial Oil, has proposed building a seven-hundred-and-fifty-mile pipeline from the Arctic Ocean through the largely undisturbed wilderness of the Mackenzie River Valley and down into northern Alberta.