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The Canadian Pacific Railway
land grant in Manitoba and the North-West Territories
ca. 1882
In 1881, the Canadian government adopted an American
system of land grants as a means of subsidising railway
construction. This map shows the western lands granted
to the Canadian Pacific Railway. In addition to the
land shown here, which amounted to an area the size
of England, the railway also received lands for rights-of-way,
stations, and yard works. The Canadian Pacific Railway
published this map in an effort to encourage immigrants
to purchase its homestead lands.
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