Canadian Pacific Railway land grants
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
land grant
|
| gptkbp:areaTotalKm2 |
25 million acres
|
| gptkbp:awardedBy |
gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkb:Government_of_Canada |
| gptkbp:grantedBetween |
1881
1885 |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Canadian Pacific Railway land grants
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:Manitoba gptkb:Saskatchewan gptkb:Prairie_Provinces |
| gptkbp:purpose |
construction of transcontinental railway
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
Canadian land policies National Policy (Canada) |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
displacement of Indigenous peoples
expansion of agriculture in Western Canada increased European settlement |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
gptkb:settlement
agricultural development railway financing |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Dominion_Lands_Act
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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