Slip sliding away

The federal government has pledged $2.25 million over the next three years for rock barriers and other work to halt waterfront erosion of McMillan Island near Fort Langley. The island's eastern end has been eroding into the Fraser River since the mid-1800s. Since then the river had absorbed 680 metres of the eastern bank. Over the next 25 years without attention, 5.3 hectares of land would disappear. The Kwantlen First Nation reserve number six covers most of the island. The legal boundaries of the reserve go beyond the east end of the island, encompassing what is now part of the Fraser River.