Bear Train proposal back on track – SooToday

Missanabie Cree First Nation receives survey, marketing plan dollars for proposed passenger rail service between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst

The Mask-wa Oo-ta-ban is getting back on track after its board received more than $50,000 from the federal government to fund a market survey and marketing plan for the proposed passenger rail project from Missanabie Cree First Nation.

The funding from Community Foundations of Canada’s Investment Readiness Program will enable the Mask-wa Transportation Association Inc. (MTA Inc.) board to hire local marketing firm Jeronamo Solutions to develop, distribute and analyze a market survey in order to gauge interest in the Mask-wa Oo-ta-ban, or ‘Bear Train’, which would operate on a 476-kilometre stretch of the Algoma Central Railway between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst.