Homalco First Nation is celebrating a historic land transfer agreement that saw a 47-acre property on Read Island transferred to the Nation.

Homalco First Nation is celebrating a historic land transfer agreement that saw a 47-acre property on Read Island transferred to the Nation.

The former property owners, including Eileen Sowerby, Helen Turbett, and the late Suzanne Cook, officially “gifted” the Read Island property to Homalco earlier this year. The legal transfer includes several important agreements intended to preserve the property’s natural landscape.

The Read Island property currently houses a 25-year-old cabin, surrounded by naturally regenerated forest. The land transfer demonstrates an important step toward reconciliation and Homalco’s management of its territory.