GGE 2501: Dylan Staveley-Watson

Over the past few weeks of our Land Administration class we have covered topics discussing the history behind Canada’s settlement and land administration practices. This included topics such as water boundaries, coastal zones and indigenous lands. Since Canada was settled by European fishermen, farmers and fur traders the different types of land systems were used to create new plots of land all over Canada. Along the St. Lawrence in Quebec early settlers from France used the Seigneurial System. This system was land divided into long narrow rectangles facing towards the waters edge in this case the St. Lawrence river. Due to the shape of the piece of land given. The owner of the land was given access to the water, good soil and timber father back from the rivers edge.   The owner of the land was also responsible for the up keep of any roads that would cross through the property. France would use these plots of land to entice French citizens to move and settle in these French c...

The area surrounding Prince Edward County, Ontario, is part of the Township System. The sections form a grid pattern that runs off lake Ontario with the concessions intersecting with crossroads. This early form of system was formed in the mid 1800’s. In the entire south region of Saskatchewan, particularly in the region surrounding Yellow Grass, it is easy to notice the plain square grid patterns of the Dominion Land Survey System. The DLSS have lines running from north to south and range lines from east to west. It is then broken up in 36 sections and each of these into 4 quarter sections. Each quarter section is then broken into 16 sub-divisions.   This system was established in the late 1800’s. In the area surrounding Sainte-Louise Quebec it is a very distinct example of the Seigneurial System. The long and narrow parcels represent the land division of inherited land of the original owners. This area representing the Seigneurial System would be originall...