DCHP-3

government reserve

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tract of unsettled land belonging to the Crown.

Quotations

1828
He had encroached upon the government reserve which ran along the bank of the river, had enclosed it with a fence, and had built a blacksmith's shop on it.
1889
About midnight I stopped off at Banff Springs, where there is a Government reserve . . . which is being converted into a national park. . . .