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1815 dispatch offering passage for families wishing to settle in Upper and Lower Canada. The British were dispatching ships to pick up soldiers returning from the American war and planned to offer free passage to any families wanting to move. They expected about 4000 people. Also, they were planning to offer 100 acre lots rather than the previous size of 200 acres. |
1819 Recommendations for settlement of military personnel being granted land. Includes number of acres to each rank, rations, and other conditions. |
Explanation of what happend to some early soldiers who commuted their pensions (took all the money right away) to allow them to buy land and those that were given grants of land at Penetanguishese. |
1834 Explanation of conditions settelers must meet to obtain land in Upper and Lower Canada |
1879 Report of the Surveyor General of Dominon Lands - Appendixes
Shows towns created during the year in the NWT and Manitoba, Indian Reserves survey during the year, lots of facts and figures |
Military Lands transferred to Canada from Britain First Schedule and Second Schedule, Page 558 |
Schedule of Ordnance and Admiralty Lands Page 42, Ontario and Quebec, 1877 |
Upper Canada Return of Officers of Army and Navy who have received Orders for Land, includes rank, date granted, number of acres |
Dominion Lands Military Bounty Grants Oct 1873 to Feb 1874, Reel C3988 Image 669 |