Saskatchewan Legal Land Descriptions

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  • Use this heading for references to the land system in western Canada that was based on a grid survey developed for the Prairies by the Canadian government. The basic unit of the survey was the 36-square mile township that was divided into 36 sections. Each section was about one square mile (640 acres) and were divided into four quarters or into sixteen legal sub-divisions. Townships were numbered from south to north starting at the United States border, and numbered from 1 to 129. Ranges in Saskatchewan and Alberta (and parts of British Columbia) are numbered from east to west starting from each meridian, and ranges are numbered 1 to 34. Surveyors established seven meridians, which acted as baselines for surveying and numbering the townships.
  • This heading should be used whenever a (full or partial) legal land description is being provided as an access point.

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Saskatchewan Legal Land Descriptions

  • UF Western Canada Land Survey
  • UF Western Canada Land System
  • UF Legal Land Descriptions
  • UF LLD
  • UF LLDs

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