Grand Trunk Pacific Claim
Grand Trunk Pacific Claim is a land claim involving a railway expropriation from a reserve.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- December 2016: The claim concerns the 1905 seizure of 1,600 acres of land from Fort William First Nation for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. A settlement agreement for the claim was initialed in the Fort William First Nation council chambers on December 23, 2016. The expropriation forced the relocation of every home, farm, church, and graveyard from the original Mission site on the Kaministiquia River.[1]
See also
- 1905 Railway Taking, the 1905 transfer of 1,600 acres of the Fort William Reserve to the Grand Trunk Pacific and the relocation of the band.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fort William First Nation signs historic GTP Settlement Agreement with Canada", Anishinabek News, 22 December 2016 (archived copy; original article).