The B.C. government is transferring 31 hectares of Crown land to the Ts’uubaa-asatx First Nation in southern Vancouver Island.
The B.C. government is transferring 31 hectares of Crown land to the Ts’uubaa-asatx First Nation in southern Vancouver Island as part of an Incremental Treaty Agreement between the province and the Nation.
The province describes the land as “culturally significant” and says the transfer is just the beginning of further negotiations under the ITA. Ts’uubaa-asatx First Nation Chief Melanie Livingstone says the Nation is excited about the land transfer’s economic potential.
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