Collection search - Map relating to Western Treaty No. 3; Northwest Angle Treaty - IT 271

GAD Reference number: IT 271;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 131, 132(a)
Aboriginal people(s): "Halfbreeds"
Type of Document: Map; Title: "This is the rough diagram alluded to in the agreement to which the same is attached, shewing the Reserves for the Halfbreeds on the Westerly shore of the Rainy Lake". Surveyor General: "J.S.D."
Specific purpose(s): Map indicating the location of the reserves for the Metis
Land involved: At the mouth of Rainy River at Rainy Lake, two reserves emcompassing 160 acres and 17-1/2 square miles respectively
Form: Manuscript copy [?]
Based on the initials J.S.D., the Surveyor General was likely either John Stoughton Dennis Sr. (1820-1885) or Jr (1856-1938).

Title supplied from contents.

A colour map with blue and red on drafting cloth.

It is impossible to determine whether this is the original or a copy, even though this is numbered "1". The other form of this diagram has been done on paper similar to the agreement and the initials of Dennis appear identical to his signature style.

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

IT 266 - Western Treaty No. 3, IT 267 - Correspondence, IT 268 - Adhesion - 13 October 1873, IT 269 - Adhesion - 9 June 1874, IT 270 - Adhesion - 12 September 1875