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Early Land Survey in Ontario

In September 1783, Deputy Surveyor-General John Collins was despatched to Cataraqui by Governor Haldimand to lay out townships for loyalist settlers. The necessary land was purchased from Mississauga Indians, and on 27 October the first survey marker was planted. By the years end the front concessions of four townwships, stretching from Cataraqui to the Bay of Quinte, had been surveyed. A fifth was laid out the following summer. Collins thus completed the first major survey made under civil authority in what is now Ontario.

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Premiers travaux d'arpentage en Ontario

En september 1783, le gouverneur Haldimand envoya le sous-arpenteur général, John Collins, à Cataraqui pour y établir le plan des townships des colons loyalistes. On planta les premiers jalons le 27 octobre, sur des terrains achetés aux Mississaugas. À la fin de l’année, on avait terminé l’arpentage des concessions de front de quatre cantons, s’étendant de Cataraqui à la baie de Quinte. Le tracé d’un cinquième fut achevé l’été suivant. Collins réalisa donc le premier grand travail d’arpentage ordonné par les autorités civiles dans ce qui forme aujourd’hui l’Ontario.

Note: Parks Canada has identified this designation for review (outdated language or terminology, missing history, factual errors, or new knowledge).
Location: corner of King Street East and West Street, Kingston
Emplacement : au coin des rues King Est et West, Kingston
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 44.224713, -76.486903
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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