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concession line
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a survey line, indicated by blazed trees or other markers, establishing the boundaries of a concession (def. 2), the number of the several lots appearing on fixed posts.
Quotations
1794
May I request you will be pleased to procure from the persons employed under your Board as Surveyors, a report of their method of opening their Concession lines and those of Townships, &c. . . .
1863
The new townships in Upper Canada are laid out in parallel lines, running nearly east and west, sixty-six chains apart, and sixty-six feet in width, which are termed concession lines, being conceded by Government as road allowances.
1962
"I'm sorry," Chris panted, "but I ran off the road at the concession line."
2
a road built on the road allowance between concessions, following the concession line and connected to other concession roads by side roads, the distance separating each being, as a rule, 1 1/4 miles.
Quotations
1832
The concession lines and side-roads are being cut out at the expense of the Home Government.
1960
This occurred because the ninth concession . . . became a more frequently travelled route than the tenth concession line which was the road to Lloydtown.