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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty-six dollars well and truly paid to the Crown, the Honourable Alexander Campbell was granted all those parcel or tracts of land situated in the Township of South Algona, in the County of Renfrew, containing one thousand five hundred and sixty-one acres, which said parcels of land may be otherwise known as follows: being composed of lots numbers three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in the ninth concession; and lots numbers five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten in the tenth concession of the Township of Algona, reserving an allowance for road along the banks of the Bonnechere River and Golden Lake, and free access to the shores for all vessels, boats, and persons. Campbell bought the land with the purpose of holding it in trust for the use, settlement, and benefit of the band of Algonquin Indians resident near Golden Lake.

Witnesses:

William Pearce Howland, Lieu. Gov. of Ontario

Crown Signatories:

T.B. Pardee, Secretary

Thos. H. Johnson, Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 300-301.

17 September 1873, Grant of Land in South Algona Township, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 265, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3246, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled “Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).