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An Act respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion, 1872.
The Dominion Lands Act of 1872 set the “rules” for the early settlement and development
of western Canada. The Act applied to all the territory Canada had acquired from
the Hudson's Bay Company in 1870 (Rupert’s Land). Throughout its 58-year existence,
the Act was amended on an annual basis.
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