DCHP-3

Hudson's Bay reserve

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Hist.

one of a number of tracts of land surrounding fur posts, reserved for the Hudson's Bay Company when its claim to sovereignty in Rupert's Land was transferred to Canada by the Manitoba Act of 1870; also, these tracts collectively.

Quotations

1883
These with the odd numbered sections, the school and Hudson's Bay reserves, form a large part of the country. . . .
1912
Not long ago the Hudson's Bay Reserve was put on the market.
1946
All the land seen on this side of the Assiniboine formed part of the old Hudson's Bay Reserve, surrounding Fort Garry.