In the context of water conservation legislation, is there any case law that supports the argument that the land beneath water is not the province's own property?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from West Kelowna (District) v. Newcombe, 2013 BCSC 1411 (CanLII):

In Morton v. British Columbia (Minister of Agriculture and Lands), 2009 BCSC 136 Hinkson J., as he then was, recognized that the land beneath water is the property of the provincial government. As he said:

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