McKenna–McBride Royal Commission
The Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia was a Royal Commission established in 1912 to resolve the "Indian reserve question" or "Indian land question" in British Columbia.
In 1916, the Commission recommended the removal approximately of land from 54 reserves, and the addition of about of land. So while the area of the added reserve lands was nearly double that of that withdrawn, the value of the land added was only about one-third the contemporary valuation of the land taken away.
On July 19, 1924, an amended McKenna McBride Commission was adopted and applied as the B.C. Indian Lands Settlement Act. Reserve land was removed in 35 places from 23 Bands.
