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Cape Breton Land Petitions 1787-1843

Cameron, John – 1818 – Cape Breton

Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner has a vessel engaged to load lumber at the Head of St. George's Bay, and hopes by the following summer to have many vessels. He asks permission to cut pine timber on the N.W. Arm or St. George's Bay and at the entrance to River Denny.

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Nova Scotia Commissioner of Crown Lands - Cape Breton land petitions and other material Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Series B number 1868

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