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Plan of the Hudson's Bay
Company's reserve in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1887, by C.V. Brydges
In addition to sections 8 and 26 that the Hudson's
Bay Company received in each township as payment for
giving up its title to Rupert's Land, it also received
land adjoining all of its active posts, to a maximum
of 50,000 acres. This 1887 map shows the lands that
the company claimed in downtown Winnipeg. It was not
unusual for company representatives to delay selling
such lands until the areas adjacent to them were built
up. The delay may have helped the company's land to
increase in value, but it often frustrated developers
who felt that land speculation by the Hudson's Bay Company
slowed the pace of urban development.
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