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Cree Village Ecolodge's Toilets Are Very Um...Eco

Where: Moosonee, ON, Canada, P0L 1W0

August 1, 2007 at 11:51 AM | 2 Comments

The Cree Village Ecolodge near Moosonee, Ontario, has a nice story behind it. It opened up in 2000 as the first Indigenous-owned ecolodge in the northern hemisphere, and seems to have gone from strength to strength. It's still run by the MoCreebec people and they help visitors explore the James Bay sub-arctic region and the Tidewater Provincial Park.

The lodge has twenty guest rooms in total with some pretty environmental-sound features: for example, four of the rooms have Clivus Multrum composting toilets, which means they have no water but a lot of redwiggler worms that create organic fertilizer! So only request these rooms if you can really handle it.

There is also no air-conditioning, just carefully designed door, window and room positions to maximize the breeze in summer.

Room rates start at C$148 for the deluxe room, which sleeps up to four people in two double beds, and top of the line is the C$213-a-night Jacuzzi Suite. Meals are "Cree-inspired" and served in the Shaapuhtuwaan restaurant.

And if you're not convinced to try this one (those toilets could be a bit off-putting), then know that the Toronto Hilton once partnered up with Cree Village Ecolodge for a package deal--that's some kind of endorsement, at least.

[Photo: SugarLips2007]

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