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William IV, has given and granted unto the Reverend Richard Scott of the Township of Otonabee; the Revd. Alexander Bethune, of Cobourg; Charles Anderson, and Charles Rubidge, both of the Township of Otonobee; and the Honourable George Herchmer Markland, of the City of Toronto, and to their heirs and assigns forever, all that parcel or tract of land situated in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Northumberland, in the District of Newcastle, containing 1,120 acres, being the town plot reservation on the Rice Lake and River Otonobee, commencing on the shore of Rice Lake where a red cedar post has been planted at the south-west angle of a certain block of land granted to Charles Anderson; then north sixteen degrees forty minutes west sixty three chains, to where a red cedar post has been planted at the north-east angle of the said block; then south seventy-four degrees five minutes west sixty-five chains, to within one chain of the River Otonobee; then northerly following the several turnings and windings of the said river against the stream, always at the distance of one chain therefrom, to within one chain of lot number seven, in the twelfth concession of the said Township; then north seventy-four degrees five minutes east along the southern limit of the allowance for road between the reservation aforesaid and lots numbers seven, in the eleventh and twelfth concessions of the said township, one hundred and eighteen chains, to the north-east angle of the said reservation, being in the western limit of the allowance for road between the tenth and eleventh concessions of the aforesaid Township; then south sixteen degrees forty minutes east along the western limit of the allowance for road produced between the said concessions, ninety-six chains fifty links, to the Rice Lake; the south-westerly along the water's edge to the place of beginning, reserving within the same one chain off the front of the said block on the lake as an accommodation for a ferry, with free access to the beach for all vessels, boats, and persons. The land is to be held in trust for the benefit of the Indians of the Province, with a view to their conversion and civilization. All gold mines and white pine trees found upon the lands shall be reserved for the individuals aforementioned.

Witnesses:

Sir John Colborne, K.C.B.

Crown Signatories:

Robert S. Jameson, Attorney General

D. Cameron, Secy.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 197-199.

19 April 1834, Grant Reserving 1,120 Acres in Otonobee, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT182, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3165, 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).