Collection search - Copy of an Order in Council recommending that the surrender of land by the Chippewas of the River St. Clair be accepted - IT 218

GAD Reference number: IT 218;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 85
Aboriginal people(s): Chippewas;
Other party(ies): H.E. the Administrator in Council to Hon. Provincial Registrar
Type of Document: Order in Council
Specific purpose(s): Acceptance of the recommendation to approve 2 surrenders of separate islands and enroll them in the offices of Crown Lands and the Provincial Registrar
Land involved: "Keshebahahnelegoo Menesha" in the St. Clair River and "Peach Island" in the Detroit River
Form: Printed with manuscript additions - contemporary copy

Title supplied from contents.

The document is laminated with tissue. Edges are dirty and worn. There are two holes in top left corner where it was bound to surrender No. 85. Adjacent to the holes is the number "86" written in pencil with a partial circle around it. This document was possibly incorrectly attached to IT 216.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, page 222.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9939.

IT 216 - Surrender, IT 217 - Surrender