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She will take samples from Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario’s Bay of Quinte during the excursion.

Chief R. Donald Maracle of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte said the blockade on its territory east of Toronto, which has at times involved a snow plow and a sofa, was not authorized by the band council.

“These are Third World conditions,” said Donald Maracle, the chief of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, who has seen residents develop skin rashes and gastrointestinal illnesses from showering or drinking the water.

The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte are not alone.

But that’s not the case for the nearly 2,200 indigenous people about 10 miles away on the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nations reserve.