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Portrait of John Stoughton Dennis

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John Stoughton Dennis.
After losing the fight to make Canadian homesteads larger than their American counterparts, Lt.-Col. John Stoughton Dennis went on to become Canada's first surveyor-general (1871-1878).
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Created: 2006-03-27
Updated: 2006-10-20
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