Saugeen_Tract_Agreement

Saugeen Tract Agreement

Saugeen Tract Agreement

1836 treaty between the Ojibwa and Upper Canada

Saugeen Tract Agreement, registered as Crown Treaty Number 45+1⁄2, was signed August 9, 1836, between the Saugeen Ojibwa and Ottawa and the government of Upper Canada. Sir Francis Bond Head used this occasion for the provincial government's annual distribution of gifts to the Ojibwa and Ottawa of the Saugeen Peninsula (Bruce Peninsula) to negotiate the treaty. In exchange for 1.5 million acres (6,070 km2) of land, the Ojibwa and Ottawa of Saugeen received only a promise to assist and protect Indians who took up residence on the Bruce Peninsula.

References

  • "Map of the Area of the 9 August 1836 Treaty (Saugeen)". atlas.gc.ca. 2003. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012.
  • Surtees, R. (1986). "The Making Of The Manitoulin Treaty, 1836". Manitoulin Island Treaties. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  • "45½". Indian treaties and surrenders, from 1680 to 1890. Vol. I. Ottawa: King's Printer. 1905. p. 113.


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