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Report by Thomas Crawley, Surveyor General of Cape Breton, describing a tract of land on Wagmatcook River reserved for the use of the Mi'kmaq settled thereon. Includes map showing 4500 acres of reserve.
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No. 1
Wagamatcook Reserve, Cape Breton
4,500 acres
John McRae
A tract of Land reserved for the use of the Indians Settled on the Wagamatkook River 4500 Acres The greater part fit for cultivation
Landing
Landing
Landing
Badeck Bay
Sydney 20th Feby. 1833.
T. Crawley S.G.C.B.
Scale 60 chains to an Inch
Date: 1843
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 198-199
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