The construction of a new all-season road to link the community with the Trans-Canada Highway was secured after an agreement was reached between three levels of government on how the cost would be covered.
[4] The First Nation possesses basic infrastructure, limited retail outlets, and indoor and outdoor recreational facilities and provides local elementary schooling to grade 8.
By 1919 this area became the intake facility for the Greater Winnipeg Water District Aqueduct, pumping approximately 85 million gallons per day to the city.
[7] The dispute was settled in 1989 when the Greater Winnipeg Water District placed $6 million in trust for Shoal Lake 40, with the interest to be used to fund alternative development projects.
[11] In 2011, when the proposal for a new water treatment plant showed that the cost would be more than anticipated, the federal government refused to contribute the difference and the plan was abandoned.
[9] Shoal Lake 40 joined forces with the neighbouring Manitoba municipality of Reynolds to encourage the building of an all-weather road by two levels of government, in order to connect with the Trans-Canada Highway.
[15] The Freedom Road project intersects the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy #1) at a point 3.7 km west of Route 301 in Falcon Beach, MB.