Collection search - Sketch of the Tract of Land ceded by the Indians of the St. Clair Reserve in the 25th day of August 1852 - IT 169

GAD Reference number: IT 169;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 69
Aboriginal people(s): Indians of the St. Clair Reserve [Chippewas)
Type of Document: Map. Docket title: "Sketch of the Tract of Land ceded by the Indians of the St. Clair Reserve in the 25th day of August 1852". Provincial land surveyor: Alexander Vidal; scale: 40 chains to the inch.
Specific purpose(s): Indicates the location of lands ceded by the Indians
Land involved: 189 acres of reserve land on the River St. Clair adjacent to the Town-Plot of Port Sarnia
Form: Manuscript original

The map is drawn in red ink. A notations states "copy in C.L. Department".

The document is laminated with tissue. Its edges are dirty and small pieces are missing. Two holes in the top left corner were probably used to bind the documentation together. The top right corner of page two has a stain and a piece of paper, possibly from original surrender document (stain visible on page one top left corner).

Scale: 1:31 680 (40 chains to the inch).

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9939.

IT 168 - surrender, IT 170 - Order in Council