Sask. judge rules against Village of Buena Vista in land dispute case
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A longstanding land dispute between the Village of Buena Vista, Sask. and local cabin owners has reached a verdict after three years.
A longstanding land dispute between the Village of Buena Vista, Sask. and local cabin owners has reached a verdict after three years.
A King’s Bench Justice in Regina dismissed a legal motion from the village, which argued that certain portions of properties along Last Mountain Lake are actually owned by the province of Saskatchewan.
In the decision dated May 24, 2024, Justice M.A. Baldwin declared that the current boundaries of nine parcels of land on Last Mountain Lake’s northeast shore will be upheld.
The Village of Buena Vista originally brought forward an application in June of 2021, arguing that the provincial Crown was the lawful owner of the land forming the bed and shore of Last Mountain Lake.
The village sought to resurvey the area and submit the findings to the Information Services Corporation (ISC) to update the record.
Cabin owners took issue with this argument – stating that the land belonged to them and they would continue using it as they saw fit.
What ensued was three years of legal action between the two sides.
