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Order in Council Recognizing Surrender to Great Western Railway Co. of Canada
Order in Council Recognizing Surrender to Great Western Railway Co. of Canada
Order in Council Recognizing Surrender to Great Western Railway Co. of Canada
Executive Councils acceptance of the Chippewa Tribe's surrender of land to the Great Western Railway Company of Canada. See IT175 - Original Document & IT177 - Map.
First Nation surrendering lands as noted in minutes
Indian Treaties and Surrenders
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Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Executive Council, dated 4th July 1856, which states:
Transmitting a deed of surrender from the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Indian Tribe residing at Port Sarnia, to Her Majesty the Queen, in trust, of a parcel of land comprising 25 acres, in order that they same be sold to the Great Western Railroad Company for a right of way, station accommodations etc.
The Committee recommends that they trust be accepted and entered upon the records in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial Registrar.
Signatories:
William H. Lee, C.E.C.
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 194.
About This GRASAC Record
4 July 1856, Order in Council Recognizing Surrender to Great Western Railway Co. of Canada, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT176, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3128, 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).
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Location of treaty lands