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Description of lands reserved for the Mi'kmaq in the County of Annapolis.
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Description of land Reserved for the Indians in the County of Annapolis
One thousand acres described as follows viz Beginning on the Western Side the South branch of Bear River at the distance of twenty eight chains on a course south sixty six degrees East from the South Eastern Angle of land granted Christopher Benson thence to run South twenty four degrees East on vacant land one hundred chains thence North Sixty Six degrees West one hundred chains - thence North twenty four degrees West one hundred chains to the Rear line of said Bensons land - thence South Sixty Six degrees East along said Rear line and vacant land one hundred chains to the place of Beginning containing one thousand according to the plan.
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 53
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