Cree Village Ecolodge is one of the most environmentally advanced accommodations facility in Canada. With no standard air conditioning system in the Ecolodge, instead featured are high-efficient, low-noise ceiling fans, and window doors are situated facing the north to take advantage of natural wind conditions. Wall treatments are natural cedar wood, ceramic tile, and low emission paints. Floor coverings are hardwood, ceramic tile and natural wool carpeting.
Four of our rooms feature the Clivus Multrum composting toilets. These composting toilets use no water, have no odour and creates organic fertilizer with the help of red-wiggler worms. This, itself, is one of the highlights of our Ecolodge tours!
Furniture throughout is natural wood and fibers, with details such as birch wood blinds on windows and natural wool bedspreads. Environmental amenities including natural wool carpeting, all organic cotton mattresses, pillows and sheets and biodegradable hand-soaps and shampoos in dispensers detail every room.
The Ecolodge is a 21st century facility. Windows are triple-glazed low-e argon. Television sets have been specially selected for lowest energy consumption and wireless internet is available. This modern building featuring twenty guest rooms and a 66-seat restaurant is modeled on a traditional Cree dwelling, the landmark Shabatwon or better pronounced as “Shaapuhtuwaan”, meaning “long teepee with doors at each end”. The grandeur of the Shaapuhtuwaan's pine and cedar structure overlooking the picturesque Moose River pays homage to our ancestors.
Cree Village Ecolodge is a healing place for community members and visitors. We envision the Ecolodge as a gathering place for sharing and understanding. Surrounded by the rugged beauty of the Canadian sub-Arctic, and steeped in Cree culture and history, the Cree Village Ecolodge is a uniquely envisioned and developed facility expressing the timeless values of the MoCreebec people.
Press Releases:
TIAC Press Release - Oct 24, 2005 (0.6 meg pdf file)
Cree Village Ecolodge Press Release - Nov 9, 2005 (0.7 meg pdf file)
For reservations or more information about the Cree Village Ecolodge, our people, or activities in our area please call us: 1-888-CREEWAY or 705-658-6400 or email us: frontdesk@creevillage.com
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