Road allowances Dominion Land Survey



road allowances , special sections in dominion land survey.


between sections of township run road allowances (but not road allowances have actual road built on them). road allowances add size of township (they not cut down size of sections): reason base lines not 24 miles (39 km) apart. in townships surveyed 1871 1880 (most of southern manitoba, part of southeastern saskatchewan , small region near prince albert, saskatchewan), there road allowances of 1 ⁄2 chains (30 m) surrounding every section. in townships surveyed 1881 present, road allowances reduced both in width , in number. 1 chain (20 m) wide , run north–south between sections; however, there 3 east–west road allowances in each township, on north side of sections 7 12, 19 24 , 31 36. results in north-south road allowance every mile going west, , east-west road allowance every 2 miles going north. arrangement reduced land allocation roads, still provides road-access every quarter-section. road allowances 1 of differences between canadian dls , american public land survey system, leaves no space roads.







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