Lack of pipeline consultation highlights historical wrongdoing in B.C. First Nation – APTN News
June 18, 2018
The dirt road leading to High Bar’s reserve deep in the Fraser Canyon of B.C. is not for the faint heart.
In seven sharp switchbacks, it catapults you from 1,400 metres above sea level down to 400.
If your vehicle can handle it, the view down steep cliffs to the Fraser River is as staggering as it is heart-racing.
This reserve land was allocated to the community by the federal government in 1881.
But in 1924, the government decided that the steep dry cliffs and the lack of access to water meant the reserve was in fact unlivable.
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