Members of the Quw’utsun Nation have won a landmark case in B.C. Supreme Court to recover land title and fisheries rights near the mouth of the Fraser River.

After 513 days at trial and more than 20 months since closing arguments, the court has issued judgment that the Quw’utsun Nation, consisting of Cowichan Tribes, Stz’uminus First Nation, Penelakut Tribe, and Halalt First Nation, as well as the supporting Lyackson First Nation, have Aboriginal title over the Tl’uqtinus village lands, which is located on the south shore of Lulu Island that is now in the City of Richmond.

The court ruled in a more than 800-word judgment that the province owes a duty to the Quw’utsun Nation to negotiate in good faith reconciliation of the Crown granted fee simple interests held by third parties in regard

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