Impacts of the E&N land grant
S3 #75

Impacts of the E&N land grant

Rail lines on Vancouver Island have sat mostly unused for years. But the impacts of the deal it took to create those rail lines continue. Back in the 1880s, around 2 million acres of land on southern Vancouver Island were privatized, when they were granted to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company in exchange for building the railway.  Historian Kelly Black speaks about some of the consequences of the grant on Vancouver Island today.

Rail lines on Vancouver Island have sat mostly unused for years. But the impacts of the deal it took to create those rail lines continue.

Back in the 1880s, around 2 million acres of land on southern Vancouver Island were privatized, when they were granted to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company in exchange for building the railway. 

Historian Kelly Black speaks about some of the consequences of the grant on Vancouver Island today.

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