Thanks Edgy, now that you have focused me, a little searching found the 2009 expenditure similar to 2011/2012 , so this cost may just be the annual cost for operating this winter road. From looking at the Ministry maps it appears that only a portion of this 115 Km main link, north of Pickle Lake to Lansdowne House is all season, as the all season portion turns west 30 or 40 Km north of Pickle Lake. I was assuming the connector route is only the 50 km winter road portion going into Lansdowne House, but the 2011/2012 expenditures call the entire 165km as a connector link.

It doesn't look like these funds cover the winter road that then goes over Lake Attawapiskat and then on to Webequie. Anyone know if that opened this year?

2009 Winter Road Projects: Neskantaga First Nation – $307,625 for a 165-kilometre (115-kilometre main link and a 50-kilometre connector) winter road connecting the community to the Pickle Lake North all-season road.