P.E.I. First Nation to receive 11 hectares of Crown land
CBC
Prince Edward Island has signed an agreement to transfer two parcels of land to Lennox Island First Nation.
Tuesday, the government said it is giving the community 11 hectares (more than 27 acres) of Crown land in Mount Pleasant for the First Nation to create a tourism centre.
"I feel really good that now we have the deed for it, so that we can start looking to the future and what we want to develop there," said Lennox Island Chief Darlene Bernard, noting the band had been looking to acquire the land for years.
"Right now, we're not sure what we want to develop there because there's a lot of things that are changing, like with energy and all those kinds of things, and solar. So we want to look at those kind of projects."
The West Prince Visitor Information Centre currently on the land is included in the agreement.
During the first year of the transfer, the province will continue managing the tourism centre while the Lennox Island Development Corporation and Tourism P.E.I. develop a plan to expand the First Nation's tourism offerings.
Bernard said the First Nation will probably hold meetings with the community to determine how it wants to develop the land.
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