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Treaties and Land Claims

Saugeen First Nation Treaty 72 signed 1854

June 5, 2017

Globe and Mail, Aug. 30, 2015, Updated June 5, 2017 – Resorting to the courts to resolve a long-standing land claim issue. The federal government supports the Saugeen First Nation claim which dates back to Treaty No. 72, signed in October, 1854. Surveying documents made at the time validate that the eastern boundary should have been approximately 1 ½ miles further northeast than today’s boundary.