Blockade on CP Rail Tracks in Kahnawake Comes Down After More Than Three Weeks

Blockade on CP Rail Tracks in Kahnawake Comes Down After More Than Three Weeks
Members of the Mohawk community leave their blockade next to Canadian Pacific Railway tracks on March 5, 2020 in Kahnawake, Que. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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KAHNAWAKE, Que.—A blockade in the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake that halted rail traffic south of Montreal for more than three weeks came to a peaceful end on Thursday as activists voluntarily dismantled their camp next to Canadian Pacific Railway tracks.

Dozens of Mohawk community members sang and played drums as they walked behind a convoy of trucks and tractors flying Mohawk flags, which carried pallets, firewood and other supplies to a new location at the foot of a bridge leading to Montreal.