US EditionB.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River’s south arm in Lower Mainland
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, AUG 8 – The ruling affirms the Quw'utsun Nation's Aboriginal fishing rights and title to 1,900 acres of traditional land near the Fraser River, enabling preservation of cultural heritage.
- The Quw’utsun Nation won a B.C. Supreme Court case to recover more than 780 acres of publicly held lands and was granted Aboriginal rights to fish the south arm of the Fraser River.
- Claiming ancestral ties, the Cowichan people traveled annually from the Gulf Islands to Tl’uqtinus, where the court ruled they have Aboriginal rights to fish and land, amid land alienation since the 1870s.
- Amid longstanding Crown alienation, the court’s judgment held the province of British Columbia owes a duty to negotiate in good faith over Crown granted fee simple interests in the disputed lands.
- The court ruled that the Quw’utsun Nation has an Aboriginal right to fish the south arm of the Fraser River, and chiefs of the Quw’utsun Nation are reviewing the judgment with legal counsel.
- Amid ongoing negotiations, the Quw’utsun Nation stated they would not seek to recover any of the more than 800 privately held properties on Tl’uqtinus lands, honoring leaders who fought since the Crown’s unauthorized alienation in the 1870s.
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B.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River’s south arm in Lower Mainland
A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigenous communities.
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B.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River's south arm in Lower Mainland
VICTORIA -- A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigenous communities.
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