Long lake is getting a clean

A notable Sudbury waterway lake is getting a cleanup. Sudbury’s Long Lake. Contaminated by a mine that closed in the 1930s the job has been over 10 years in the making. Water from the lake is not currently drinkable, due to the amount of arsenic. The province is getting ready to hold an information session to let residents know how the project will proceed.
Details: The lake is contaminated with arsenic from the Long Lake Gold Mine. The mine operated from 1908 to 1937, however, the cleanup was never done properly. The mine created approximately 200,000 tonnes of tailings which were released into the environment without containment. Arsenic has been leaking into the lake since.