The Semiahmoo Indian Reserve ( ) is a 129.1-hectare

Indian reserve In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the ''Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Indi ...

in the Lower Mainland,

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, located on Semiahmoo Bay between the City of White Rock and

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, which sits astride the international boundary with

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. The reserve is under the administration of the

Semiahmoo First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation ( ) is the band government of the Semiahmoo people, a Coast Salish peoples, Coast Salish subgroup. The band's main community and offices are located on the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve which is sandwiched between the boundar ...

, which is the

band government In Canada, an Indian band or band (french: bande indienne, link=no), sometimes referred to as a First Nation band (french: bande de la Première Nation, link=no) or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subjec ...

of the

Semiahmoo people The Semiahmoo ( , ; Semiahmoo: ''SEMYOME'') are a Coast Salish peoples, Coast Salish Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, indigenous people whose homeland is in the Lower Mainland region of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. H ...

, a North Straits Salish-speaking subgroup of the

Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the C ...

. Currently the people of Semiahmoo's chief is Harley Chappell (since 2017). The Semiahmoo Reserve was established by the Canadian government in 1887.

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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada page
Indian reserves in the Lower Mainland {{FirstNations-stub

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