The Tseshaht First Nation has submitted a claim for compensation to the federal government for building Highway 4 through their land without consent.
The Tseshaht First Nation in the Alberni Valley has lodged a claim with the federal government for what they call the “unlawful and unauthorized use of land” along Highway 4.
Nearly a million vehicles travel the route each year, but the First Nation has consistently opposed the highway. The First Nation says it has documentation to prove the opposition well before it became an official highway in the 1970s. This past week, they submitted a specific claim to the federal government.
“We have people who speed through it every day. You may see it in the background right now. This is a 60-kilometre zone right through residential neighbourhoods,” he said.