E&N Land Returned to First Nation

Disused E&N tracks end at the Johnson Street Bridge. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST

Chief Gordon Edwards of Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) First Nation called Tuesday a “historic day,” as the federal and provincial governments announced plans to return 10-plus acres taken from the First Nation in the early 1900s to launch the now closed E&N rail line.

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