However, the influx of southern highway construction crews had a devastating effect on some First Nations, who suffered from a large number of deaths from diseases to which they had no immunity.
Porén, a afluencia de traballadores para as obras da autovía do sur tivo efectos devastadores para algunhas das Primeiras Nacións, que sufriron un gran número de mortes ao verse expostas a enfermidades ás que non eran inmunes.