On July 14, 2022, the Nohomeen Wildfire ignited and in short order, seven (7) homes were lost on
multiple Lytton First Nation (LFN) reserve lands and families were displaced on the west side of the
Fraser River, Lytton, B.C. LFN families are now residing on their property, in temporary homes, as part
of the ISC EMAP recovery process and LFN wants to help the families begin the rebuild of their
permanent replacement homes. The rebuild of these houses will be in the same location on the
Westside in the area known as “Nohomeen”. As these lots are on the west side of the Fraser River, the
lots can only be accessed by the Lytton Ferry (capacity of 2 vehicles) and therefore subject to some
construction challenges with respect to the ferry, although many contemporary homes have been built
on the west side. The ferry is subject to periodic closures due to river levels (mainly high river levels
during freshet). Gravel road access is available via Lytton.
LFN Council is currently in the process of developing and adopting design and build guidelines for all
housing on LFN lands and a requirement for the Nohomeen rebuild is a full set of sealed design drawings
approved by the LFN families (including septic field and tanks). The homes will be custom-designed; not
modular.
To achieve efficiencies in design, tendering and construction; to find cost savings without compromise
of quality and to alleviate the burden on LFN families, LFN would like to engage a single 3rd party
contractor as the Design Build Manager to work in collaboration with the families and the Nohomeen
Rebuild Team on the design and actual rebuild of the seven homes.
