Letter to Snuneymuxw First Nation

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Bowen  Denman  Hornby  Gabriola Galiano  Gambier  Lasqueti  Mayne  North Pender  Salt Spring  Saturna  South Pender  Thetis 
 
 
700 North Road, Gabriola Island, BC  V0R 1X3 
Telephone  250-247-2063    Fax  250-247-7514 
Toll Free via Enquiry BC in Vancouver 660-2421.  Elsewhere in BC 1.800.663.7867 
Email  northinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca 
Web  www.islandstrust.bc.ca 
 
 
January 22, 2018 File No. 3070-20 
 
Via email:  mikewyse@shaw.ca 
 taraw@snuneymuxw.ca 
 
Snuneymuxw First Nation 
668 Centre Street 
Nanaimo, BC  V9R 4Z4 
 
Dear Chief-Elect Michael Wyse, Acting Chief Doug White II, and Councillor Chris Good, 
 
We would like to congratulate you on the results of your recent election and invite you to have lunch 
with the three elected trustees representing the Gabriola Island Local Trust Area. Our staff met with 
Chris Good and past Chief John Wesley back in September and discussed a number of ways in which 
Snuneymuxw Nation could work with the Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) on issues of land 
use management, as well as some ways in which Snuneymuxw might engage with the Islands Trust as an 
organization more generally. Sharing lunch together would give us an opportunity to get to know each 
other and further explore topics of mutual interest for the Gabriola Island Local Trust Area, as discussed 
in September: 
 
1. Snuneymuxw would be interested in working on a shoreline protection project with the Gabriola 
LTC following the Kootenay Lake model, “Mapping Archaeological, Cultural, Ecological Values for 
Decision-making”  http://kootenaylakepartnership.com/resources/. 
2. Snuneymuxw would be interested in working with the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural 
Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD) and the LTC on a regional Water Plan 
(as per the new Water Sustainability Act) for Gabriola Island’s groundwater. 
3. Snuneymuxw would be interested in working with the Gabriola LTC to include information on 
archaeological resources and Snuneymuxw place names in the Official Community Plan (OCP), 
and ensure the OCP context section provides a fair representation of Snuneymuxw history.  
4. Snuneymuxw would appreciate being sent information about issues covered at LTC meetings, 
and when there is interest, having a Snuneymuxw representative present at LTC meetings as an 
opportunity to learn about land-use governance issues and decision-making. 
Further to the above noted topics, the Snuneymuxw Nation signed a Protocol Agreement with the 
Islands Trust (on behalf of the Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee) in 2008; if time and interest 
allows, we could discuss how to refresh this agreement to better reflect current understanding and 
expectations. 

 
Bowen  Denman  Hornby  Gabriola Galiano  Gambier  Lasqueti  Mayne  North Pender  Salt Spring  Saturna  South Pender  Thetis 
We have identified the following possible dates for our lunch:  
 
 Thursday, February 8
th
 
 Thursday, February 22
nd
 
 Friday, February 23
rd
 

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