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ENTRY	YEAR	MONTH	DAY	NO.	FIRSTNATIONSURRENDERING	OTHERSURRENDERER	LOCATIONNAME	COUNTY	INDEXTEXT	PAGE	VOLUME
1715	1890	5	12	283	CAPILANO CREEK BAND		BURRARD INLET		PART OF RESERVE NORTH OF CITY OF VANCOUVER (5.5 ACRES)	5
1863	1890	5	12	283	CAPILANO CREEK BAND				(VANCOUVER WATER WORKS COMPANY, LTD.) BY CAPILANO CREEK BAND. PART OF RESERVE, NORTH OF CITY OF VANCOUVER. FOR RIGHT OF WAY FOR MAINS	5

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Date: 1890/05/12

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No. 283.

Know All Men By These Presents, That We, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Capilano Creek Band of Indians resident on our Reserve situated north of the City of Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Capilano Creek Reserve in the Province of British Columbia containing by admeasurement five and one-half acres be the same more or less and being composed of that certain parcel of land in the Indian Reserve north of the first narrows of Burrard Inlet B.C. required as a right of way for the mains of the Vancouver Water Works Company Limited and described as follows—starting from a point on the North boundary of the Indian Reserve 1060 feet Magnetic West from the North East corner thence Mag. West thirty-three feet, thence parallel to the line of pipe S. 12° W. Mag. for three thousand feet thence north 78° W. Mag. for two hundred and sixty-seven feet to ordinary high water mark on the sea shore thence following said water mark southerly and easterly to within sixteen and five-tenths feet of the pipeline thence through the far shore S. 12° W. Mag. six hundred and sixty feet to low water mark thence S. 78° E. Mag. for eighty-three feet thence north 12° E. Mag. about six hundred and seventy feet to ordinary high water mark thence N. 12° E. Mag. three hundred and fifty feet thence N. 78° W. Mag. for sixty-six and five-tenths feet and thence N. 12° E. Mag. for three thousand and seven feet to the point of commencement.

To Have And To Hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the disposal thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the Capilano Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the disposal of said parcel of land for the purposes hereinbefore stated provided that the pipes shall be laid sufficiently deep in the ground so as not to interfere with any work on the Reserve.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this Twelfth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the presence of:

P. McThernan

I.H. Hollett S.M.

Louie Capalano [L.S.]

Joe Seapalock [L.S.]

Crowney [L.S.]

Tom Sealsh [L.S.]

Antoine [L.S.]

Jacob [L.S.]

Dick [L.S.]

Ned [L.S.]

Billy [L.S.]

Tommy [L.S.]

Charley [L.S.]

George [L.S.]

James [L.S.]

Jack [L.S.]

DOMINION OF CANADA

Province of British Columbia

County of Westminster

To Wit:

Personally appeared before me, Patrick Mctiernan of the City of New Westminster in the Province of British Columbia Indian Agent and Louie Capalano Chief of the said Band of Indians.

And the said Patrick McTiernan for himself saith:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Capilano Creek Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their Rules.

That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given.

That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs.

That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Surrender.

And the said Louie Capalano says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the presence of the said Patrick McTiernan.

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the Reserve of the said. Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Surrender.

That he is a chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the Deponents Patrick McTiernan and Louie Capalano at the City of Vancouver in the County of New Westminster this Twelfth day of May A.D. 1890

Patrick McTiernan

Louie Capalano

Isaac H. Hollett

Stipendiary Magistrate in and for the County of New Westminster.

Recorder 18^th July 1890.

Lib 133 Fol 160.

L.A. Catellier

Dep Registrar General of Canada