South Bruce Peninsula appealing $1.67M judgement in boundary dispute with First Nation – CBC
Jun 13, 2024
Superior Court ruling also ordered Ontario pay $1.28M to Saugeen First Nation
The town of South Bruce Peninsula will appeal an Ontario Superior Court Justice’s ruling last month that it pay $1.67 million in legal fees to Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation in a decades-long boundary dispute, involving Sauble Beach.
The May 21 ruling by Superior Court Justice Susan Vella also ordered the province to pay $1.28 million, and the federal government to give $322,000 to the First Nation.
The town is ordered to pay 50 per cent of the federal government’s $486,784 legal costs as well.
Saugeen First Nation wins treaty ruling on century-old land dispute in Sauble Beach
“Canada submits that it was the successful defendant in the main issue before the court, namely the location of the reserve boundary, and that the town was the unsuccessful defendant (together with Ontario),” Vella’s decision reads.
