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Historic Sites of Manitoba: First Homestead in Western Canada (RM of Portage la Prairie)Following the new system of survey adopted in 1871 the Canadian government inaugurated its homestead policy which in due time attracted settlers from all parts of the world. One mile west of this cairn, on the north-east quarter of section 35, township 12, range 7 west of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, was the homestead of John Sutherland Sanderson, whose application was filed on 2 July 1872 and numbered “1”. The monument was erected in 1956 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada at a ceremony attended by Premier Douglas Campbell, Father Antoine d’Eschambault of the HSMBC, Reeve Lawrence Smith, and Frank Brydon of the Portage Fair Board.
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Sources:“Cairn commemorates west’s 1st homestead,” Manitoba Leader [Portage la Prairie], 19 July 1956, page 9. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 15 August 2019
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