Ashcroft Ranch (Image credit: CFJC Today / File Photo).

By Aaron Schulze

Ashcroft Ranch Sale

Ashcroft Ranch to become a community hub after sale to Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council

Apr 4, 2025 | 9:47 AM

KAMLOOPS — A local First Nation has purchased the Ashcroft Ranch from Metro Vancouver.

In a news release issued Thursday (April 3), Metro Vancouver says it sold the Ashcroft Ranch to the Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council (NNTC) for $28 million following a bidding process. The transfer was completed on Wednesday.

Back in 2000, Metro Vancouver purchased the 10,700-acre ranch with a plan to use a portion of it to create a new landfill. However, a new landfill wasn’t deemed necessary after the organization says it shifted its focus to place more emphasis on waste reduction and recycling.

The Ashcroft Ranch has operated as a cattle ranch for the past 25 years. Now, NNTC says the property will be used as a community hub to provide education, elder care, food security through farming and ranching, housing, medical facilities, a NNTC cultural centre and recreation.

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“The fundamental law of the Nlaka’pamux is ‘take care of the land and the land will take care of you,’” Chief Matt Pasco, NNTC Chair, states. “We bought back our land so that we could take care of the land and have the land to provide for our people. We are pleased to work with Metro Vancouver and others who choose to recognize and respect our connection to the land. What is good for the Nlaka’pamux is good for all.”

The land comprising the Ashcroft Ranch was an important village, shTLasht, and gathering site, Klooch Field, for the Nlaka’pamux before it was appropriated during colonization.