Protest blocking Awenda Provincial Park entrance disbanded
John Hawke
by Andrew Mendler Midland Mirror
The main entrance to Awenda Provincial Park is open again.
The protest was disbanded by park staff and the Southern Georgian Bay OPP on July 28, more than five weeks after the blockade was first established.
How did it start?
Johnny Hawk, a 34-year-old Christian Island man, dropped a couple of trees across the roadway on June 21 and set up camp at the entrance off Awenda Park Road. He was protesting “land claim settlements that extinguish Indigenous rights and title to the land.”
What exactly was he upset about?
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