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Newspaper
Queen Charlotte Islander
Location
Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
5
Charles H. Allen of Vancouver B C gives notice of license applications to the Chief Commissioner of Lands. Two blocks on Ramsay and Chain Islands in Skeena Land District are described as 640 acres each with exact compass boundaries and dates August 29 and 30 1911.
Reenecloy applies for a petroleum claim on Ramsay Island lands starting at a post on the south shore two miles west of the island’s southeast point. The claim runs 80 chains north, 80 chains west, 80 chains south, and 80 chains east, totaling 640 acres.
Shore of Lyle Island described with a parcel about three miles southeast from its northern point. The claim traces a boundary north 80 chains east 80 chains south 80 chains and west 80 chains dated August 28 1911. A second description places a boundary with a line west 80 chains east 80 chains north 80 chains to the starting point containing a defined area.
Land Act notice of intent to purchase 160 acres described as starting 80 chains north, then 80 chains south, 20 chains west, 40 chains south, 40 chains east to shore, along shoreline back to start. Charles Harrison, farmer, Massett. Date September 25, 1911.
Wm Laney of Lawn Hill announces an application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a prospecting license for coal oil and petroleum on and under lands described by a rectangular claim near Halibut Bay. The date is 6 September 1911 and the notice states a 60 day waiting period.
Lena Hubley of Lawn Hill intends to apply to the Chief Commissioner for a mining claim at a site near Halibut Bay. The parcel covers 240 acres with described bounds beginning one mile west of Halibut Bay and following a series of compass directions. The notice is dated September 6, 1911.
Samuel B Raybould of Lawn Hill a farmer announces an application to purchase five acres described as Connnetag on the west bank of Ti El River along the east boundary of Lot 1748. The parcel extends 20 chains north along the boundary then southwest to the starting point. Dated Sept 7 1911.
Charles Beck of Lena Island Queen Charlotte rancher intends to apply for permission to pee on land described as Coal License 5684 and Preemption 1092 on Graham Island. The survey begins at the southeast corner and runs 40 chains north, 10 east, 40 south, and west along the shore to the starting point. Located September 9 1911.
Notice states Samuel Horner of Vancouver intends to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect coal and petroleum on 640 acres on Graham Island near Blue Creek adjoining Coal License 4468. Locator: Samuel Horner. Date: October 18, 1911. LOCALS report death of Charles McK. Smith in Victoria. long involvement with Victoria life and Queen Charlotte Islands exploration. Several island residents travel to Victoria for holidays and discuss local development and schooling plans. A boy named Geoffry Russ injured by accident at the Indian Village shows improvement. Indian Council restricts arms for boys until age twenty.
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