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DRAFT REPORT: Rights and Title Interests in <strong>the</strong> Columbia Valley Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Project Area<br />

were <strong>the</strong>n living—in 1884—around <strong>the</strong> south end <strong>of</strong> Lake Windermere. 218<br />

Also in August 1884, O’Reilly provided informati<strong>on</strong> about <strong>the</strong> subsistence practices <strong>of</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

group <strong>of</strong> Aboriginal people, <strong>the</strong> “Kinbasket Shuswap,” who were <strong>the</strong>n living around <strong>the</strong> north<br />

end <strong>of</strong> “Lower Columbia Lake” (Lake Windermere). These “Kinbasket” people, O’Reilly wrote,<br />

had “migrated from Shuswap, and settled in <strong>the</strong> Columbia valley…some forty years ago [c.<br />

1844].” O’Reilly added:<br />

A large and pr<strong>of</strong>itable salm<strong>on</strong> fishery formerly existed <strong>on</strong> this reserve;<br />

but, for some years past, <strong>on</strong>ly a few fish have been caught by <strong>the</strong> Indians,<br />

owning to <strong>the</strong> establishment <strong>of</strong> many canneries and <strong>the</strong> systematic<br />

destructi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fish in <strong>the</strong> Columbia river in American territory. 219<br />

The sketch map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2,700-acre Indian Reserve for <strong>the</strong> “Shuswap Indians, Kinbasket’s<br />

Band” that was set aside by O’Reilly in August 1884 indicates a “Fishery” at <strong>the</strong> north<br />

end <strong>of</strong> “Lower Columbia Lake” (Lake Windermere) where it empties into <strong>the</strong><br />

Columbia. 220 Undoubtedly this was <strong>the</strong> “large and pr<strong>of</strong>itable salm<strong>on</strong> fishery” that<br />

O’Reilly said “formerly existed <strong>on</strong> this reserve.”<br />

218 Field minute, minutes <strong>of</strong> decisi<strong>on</strong> and sketches for <strong>the</strong> Upper and Lower Kootenay Indians, August 1884<br />

[c<strong>on</strong>tained in Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong>er Peter O’Reilly’s letter <strong>of</strong> 16 December 1884 to <strong>the</strong> Superintendent<br />

General <strong>of</strong> Indian Affairs, Ottawa]. Federal Collecti<strong>on</strong>, Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong> Minutes <strong>of</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Corresp<strong>on</strong>dence and Sketches, Volume 10. Copy held by <strong>the</strong> Indian Lands Registry, Indian and Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Affairs<br />

Canada. <strong>BC</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong>al Office, Vancouver. Pp. 36-42, 56-57; <strong>the</strong> Provincial set <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se same materials is found in:<br />

Provincial Minutes <strong>of</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong> etc. O’Reilly to <strong>the</strong> Chief Commissi<strong>on</strong>er <strong>of</strong> Lands & Works, Victoria. 19 November<br />

1884. <strong>BC</strong> Archives, Victoria. GR 2982, Box 3, Item 3041/84.<br />

219 Letter <strong>of</strong> 17 December 1884 from Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong>er Peter O’Reilly to <strong>the</strong> Superintendent<br />

General <strong>of</strong> Indian Affairs, Ottawa [re: Indian Reserve set aside for <strong>the</strong> “Shuswap Indians, Kinbasket’s Band” in<br />

August 1884]. Federal Collecti<strong>on</strong>, Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong> Minutes <strong>of</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong>, Corresp<strong>on</strong>dence and Sketches,<br />

Volume 10. Copy held by <strong>the</strong> Indian Lands Registry, Indian and Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Affairs Canada. <strong>BC</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong>al Office,<br />

Vancouver. Pp. 11-20; <strong>the</strong> Provincial set <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se same materials is found in: Provincial Minutes <strong>of</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong> etc.<br />

O’Reilly to <strong>the</strong> Chief Commissi<strong>on</strong>er <strong>of</strong> Lands & Works, Victoria. 19 November 1884. <strong>BC</strong> Archives, Victoria. GR<br />

2982, Box 3, Item 3041/84.<br />

220 Field minute, minute <strong>of</strong> decisi<strong>on</strong> and sketch for <strong>the</strong> “Shuswap Indians, Kinbasket’s Band”, August 1884<br />

[c<strong>on</strong>tained in Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong>er Peter O’Reilly’s letter <strong>of</strong> 17 December 1884 to <strong>the</strong> Superintendent<br />

General <strong>of</strong> Indian Affairs, Ottawa]. Federal Collecti<strong>on</strong>, Indian Reserve Commissi<strong>on</strong> Minutes <strong>of</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Corresp<strong>on</strong>dence and Sketches, Volume 10. Copy held by <strong>the</strong> Indian Lands Registry, Indian and Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Affairs<br />

Canada. <strong>BC</strong> Regi<strong>on</strong>al Office, Vancouver. Page 18; <strong>the</strong> Provincial set <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se same materials is found in: Provincial<br />

Minutes <strong>of</strong> Decisi<strong>on</strong> etc. O’Reilly to <strong>the</strong> Chief Commissi<strong>on</strong>er <strong>of</strong> Lands & Works, Victoria. 19 November 1884. <strong>BC</strong><br />

Archives, Victoria. GR 2982, Box 3, Item 3041/84.<br />

Bouchard & Kennedy Research C<strong>on</strong>sultants Page 52<br />

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