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Report by Thomas Crawley, Surveyor General of Cape Breton, describing the Whykokomach [Whycocomagh] Mi'kmaq settlement. Includes map showing 2047 acres of reserve.
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No. 3
Whykokomagh Reserve.
Whykokomagh Indians Settlement 2074 Acres The greater part Mountainous Land
Part of the Indians Settlement
Hugh McKinnon
Sydney 31st Jany. 1833
T. Crawley S.G.C.B.
Scale 60 chains to an Inch
Robert Campbell Roger's Hill would like to purchase a part of this Reserve
![Report by Thomas Crawley, Surveyor General of Cape Breton, describing the Whykokomach [Whycocomagh] Mi'kmaq settlement. Includes map showing 2047 acres of reserve.](/images/mikmaq/201606208.jpg "Report by Thomas Crawley, Surveyor General of Cape Breton, describing the Whykokomach [Whycocomagh] Mi'kmaq settlement. Includes map showing 2047 acres of reserve.")
Date: 1833
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 206-207
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