THUNDER BAY -- Horizon Wind has decided to appeal the province's decision to deny the company's application for the Big Thunder Wind Park.
The controversial project was first approved by Thunder Bay City Council in 2007. It called for 16 wind turbines to be set up on top of the Norwester mountain range near Loch Lomond.
A group of neighbours and the Fort William First Nation opposed it.
The project was dealt a major blow last year, when the Ontario Power Authority canceled the company’s energy contract.
Then last month, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change announced the application was denied because the proponent did not respond to questions about the potential impacts of the turbines on moose habitat and the traditional moose hunting by members of the Fort William reserve.
The appeal was filed by Horizon Wind on Friday and states that the ministry's decision was unreasonable. Horizon president Anthony Zwig has been unavailable for comment.
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