Canada and Vancouver Island-Based First Nation Reach Settlement Over Generations Old Land Dispute

Canada and the Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation have reached an agreement to settle a grievance more than 100 years later.

In 1911, 22.5 acres of land was cut from Lake Cowichan Reserve 1 by Canada, and sold to what is now the Vancouver Island Railway.

In 2015, the Nation filed a Specific Claim, alleging the unlawful cut-off of the land from their territory.

Now, through dialogue and negotiation, the two parties have come to a settlement agreement to resolve the issue.

That agreement will see the Nation receive just under 3.5 million dollars in compensation.

A settlement agreement was initially ratified by the Nation last December.