Federal Crown Land, such as the
Department of National Defense (DND) lands which includes Camp Nanaimo and
the Rifle Range. Federal
Crown Land also includes one of our fishing camps. The Biological Station
is situated on this site in Departure Bay.
Provincial Lands being selected
are Provincial Forestry Lands including the provincial timber forest license
lands on Gabriola Island, near Nanaimo Lakes and Mt. Benson. Other Provincial
Crown Land we have selected includes Nanaimo River estuary, Linden Valley
and Holden Lake. Also to be selected are some Private Managed Forest Lands
within our core Traditional Territory.
Other lands selected are Petroglyph
Park, where many of our legends and oral history originate. Duke Point is
a location of many of our burial sites and resource sites. Newcastle Island
is also a burial and resource site which is part of our selection. Neck
Point and Piper's Lagoon are important resource camps and are locations
where we fished for herring, bluebacks and hunted for deer and black ducks.
