The Great Land Grab (Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group 2007)

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Written By Great Land Grab 2021

TITLE: The Great Land Grab

AUTHOR: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group

DATE: n.d.

DESCRIPTION: A short booklet describing the impact of the E&N Land Grants from the perspective of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group.

EXTRACT: “The governments of Canada and BC gave more than 800,000 hectares of land to the E&N Railway Company to help finance it. About one-third - almost 270,000 hectares - was Hul’qumi’num land, a vast section of southeastern Vancouver Island…”

ACCESS: Free online access here

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