Chaudière Falls show sheds light on Algonquin controversy

By Devon Litster and Amanda Marsh

The Chaudière Falls, unceded Algonquin territory on the Ottawa River, is publicly accessible this fall for the first time in more than a century, through a new evening light show called Mìwàte, meaning “dazzled by a light or fire.” While many Algonquins helped produce the evening performance, others are opposed to the industrialization of the sacred sight.