- Queen's University Archives
- Algonquins of Golden Lake Claim collection
- Primary Documents PD772-PD848
- D.C. Scott, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs to Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines, Province of Ontario
D.C. Scott, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs to Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines, Province of Ontario
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- Dates
- 11 Mar 1930 (indexed as 1930)
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- Scope & content
- Letter: reporting on their conversation re game conservation and the problem of lndians hunting in Northern Ontario. Identifies five hunting preserves in the Northwest Territories giving square mileage of each. Identifies two preserves set aside irl Quebec for the Indians (Abitibi and Great Lake Victoria) recommending that the Indians be issued trapping licences free of charge. Quotes from agreement between the Dominion Government and the Provinces of Alberta and Manitoba to the effect that Indians are free to hunt for their own use at any time of the year. Refers to the individual trap line system instituted in British Columbia and states that it appears to be working well. Refers to a resolution passed in Jan. 1928 at a conference held in Ottawa to the effect of implementing a policy of setting aside lands for trapping in unsettled regions of Ontario for the sole use of Indians.
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- English
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