DCHP-3

hunting tract

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a region in which a fur company had the right to trade for furs.

Quotations

1829
. . . it is not known why the Hudson's Bay Company has any reason to assume as a right, various extensive "Hunting Tracts," which have no connection with "Hudson's Bay." In many instances, they are thought to overleap their charter.