B.C. First Nation scouring old residential school site for possible burial shafts

May 14, 2024

Former students of Lejac Residential School in B.C.’s Central Interior are guiding a geotechnical team searching for possible human remains near the school. Chief Beverly Ketlo of the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation said the survey area was outside the established cemetery at the old school, on the south side of Fraser Lake on reserve land. “There is already a well-established cemetery on the site where children from Lejac are buried,” Ketlo said. “The surveys are focusing on areas outside the cemetery identified by survivors…

 

Article conten“There is already a well-established cemetery on the site where children from Lejac are buried,” Ketlo said. “The surveys are focusing on areas outside the cemetery identified by survivors.