Mud Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador

Mud Lake is a small unincorporated community in central Labrador, Canada. It had a population of 54 as of 2021.^[1] The town is not accessible by road. It is usually reached by crossing the Churchill River by boat (during summer) or snowmobile (during winter).^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

Elizabeth Goudie, writer, was born there in 1902. Her son Joseph Goudie, a politician and former broadcaster, was born there in 1939.^[2]

Flooding

In May 2017, the town was affected by severe flooding and its residents were evacuated to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Many residents have planned a lawsuit against Nalcor Energy, the company behind the Lower Churchill Project upstream from the town which is alleged to have caused the flooding.^[3]

From June to December 2017, the residents resided at CFB Goose Bay.^[4][5]

An independent report on the flooding conducted in 2017 by KGS Group concluded that ice jammed up at the mouth of the Churchill River because of a combination of natural causes, forcing water over the riverbank, caused the flooding.^[6]

In 2019, a Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court justice ruled that a class-action lawsuit filed by Mud Lake residents against Nalcor Energy and the provincial government related to the flooding could proceed.^[7]

See also

• Mud Lake — lakes in Newfoundland and Labrador