First Nations across Ontario are feeling the impact of the shortening ice road season – an already narrow window that will continue to shrink. With that knowledge, many are considering building all season roads. Fort Albany First Nation is starting to envision what that could look like for their community: challenges and all.

People call ice roads “lifelines” for a reason – without them, entire communities are cut off from goods and services that those in places connected by permanent roads take for granted. Climate change is making their seasons shorter and more unpredictable.