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Canadian Press wire report - Mackenzie River at lowest levels

‘ "This has never been seen before," said Dieter Cazon, looking out at the water from his office as land and resources manager for the Liidlii Kue First Nation at Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

"We've asked elders, 'Does anybody have stories about water being this incredibly low?' Nobody has these stories."’

https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/nobody-has-these-stories-canadas-longest-river-at-record-low-levels-9188547

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'Nobody has these stories': Canada's longest river at record low levels

Canada's longest river is at historically low levels, stranding communities that rely on it for essential goods and alarming First Nations along its banks who have never known the mighty Mackenzie to be so shallow.

Times Colonist