Where does the Tsawwassen Final Agreement apply?
The Final Agreement land package consists of approximately 724 hectares of treaty settlement land for Tsawwassen First Nation. This includes 290 hectares of former Reserves, 372 hectares of former provincial Crown land, and 62 hectares of other land which comprise the Boundary Bay and Fraser River parcels. Tsawwassen First Nation owns its lands in fee simple. Federal and provincial laws apply to all lands owned by Tsawwassen First Nation. Under the treaty, Tsawwassen First Nation owns two types of land. The majority of the land, approximately 662 hectares, is called Tsawwassen Lands. The First Nation has law-making authority over this land and owns the subsurface resources beneath it. Tsawwassen First Nation has no governance authority over the remaining 62 hectares of land (the Boundary Bay and Fraser River parcels). The First Nation owns these lands as private fee simple land, but does not own the subsurface resources beneath this land.The Tsawwassen Territory is the geographic area,
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