Collection search - Property records of the Land Department, Grand Trunk Railway [textual record, cartographic material]

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Property records of the Land Department, Grand Trunk Railway [textual record, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1860-1924.

Reference:

RG30, RG30M 1997-00257-4, 1997-98/495 GAD, 1997-00257-4

BAN no.:

1997-00257-4

Type of material:

Textual material, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

135755

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1860-1924.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

.25 m of textual records
8 maps

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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This accession contains a mix of lands-related textual records and maps for various Canadian National Railways System subsidiary rail lines.
The Grand Trunk Railway Land Office/Land Department files include 1891 system-wide lists of houses (together with tenants' names) situated on Company property, cottages leased in both the Eastern and Western parts of the Railway and three registers containing alpha lists for rental contracts (1900-1918) issued by the GTR. Also included is a copy of the original GTR-The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company agreement regarding the operation of electrically-driven cars on the Victoria Jubilee Bridge.
The Canadian Northern Railway Lands Department records contain copies of annual audits of accounts (1907-09) for The Saskatchewan Valley and Manitoba Land Company, Limited and the National Trust Company. The CNR capital stock documents record the transfer/assignment of shares to various individuals for such companies as The Winnipeg Great Northern Railway Company, The Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company and The Manitoba and South-Eastern Railway and includes lists of CNR shareholders (1990, 1918). Also included are three resignation letters for Directors of the CNR, dated October, 1918, and an original stock subscription book for The Edmonton and Slave Lake Railway Company dated 1903.
Records for the Great Western Railway Land Department include a register of leases for properties let; the alpha list includes lessee name, station (i.e. community), date of leaste, GWR lease number and period covered (ca. 1860-1882).
A further sub-component includes a collection of miscellaneous Canadian and United States railway passes and tickets, previously held by Mr. fred C. Salter, former European Traffic Manager, Canadian National Railways

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list. 30-162 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/30-162_135755.pdf

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General note:

This accession contains records from various Canadian National Railways System subsidiary rail lines, including the Grand Trunk Railway Land Office/Land Department, Canadian Northern Railway Lands Department, and theGreat Western Railway Land Department.

The original accession contained both textual records and maps and plans relating to the Canadian Northern Railway. Currently, however, although the finding aid lists these maps and plans, they cannot be located.

Note on the state of conservation:

Textual records: The records are in fairly good condition

Custodial history:

The records are in fairly good condition

Original extent note:

.35 m of textual records

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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R231-0-0-E
R231-41-3-E
R231-41-3-F
RG30
RG30-I-A
RG30M 1996-02369-1
RG30M 1996-02663-1
RG30M 1997-00257-4
RG30M 80103/69
RG30M 81203/55
RG30M 90131
RG30M 934002
RG36M35 80103/24

Former archival reference no.:

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RG30
RG30M 1997-00257-4

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1997-98/495 GAD
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Textual records

[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Box [RG30 1997-98/495] 1

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Cartographic material

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09