British American Land Company fonds

Available reels: 3

Document Record

Creator
British American Land Company.
Title
British American Land Company fonds
Fonds de la British American Land Company
Identifier
MIKAN: 100630
Reels/Bobines: C-15685 to C-15687
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 24 I 54, R4017-0-X-E
oocihm.lac_mikan_100630
lac_mikan_100630
Subject
Papers
Business and commerce
Genealogy
Papiers
Affaires et commerce
Généalogie
Document source
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Notes
1832/1936
Language
English
Description
The British American Land Company was chartered in March 1834 and was promoted by John Galt (1779 - 1839), who had founded the Canada Company, and Edward Ellice (1793 - 1863), Lower Canada’s largest absentee landowner, among others. It purchased crown land in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, but ran into a slew of problems as settlers found the land holdings fairly inaccessible and land costs too high. Land from the company was ceded to the government in 1841 due to overdue payments, and the company appointed John Galt’s son, Alexander T. Galt (1817 - 1893), as local commissioner (1844 - 1855). He increased land prices, but allowed a longer payment time. General immigration and local land sales increased. Urged by Galt and his successor, R.W. Heneker, the company invested in railways and industrial pursuits to stimulate sales. Although the company operated until the 1950s, most of its land had been sold by 1910.
This collection consists of official records, 1832-1895; correspondence, 1835-1839, 1926-1936; a letterbook, 1834-1886; a commissioner's letterbook, 1880-1888, 1907-1910; register of land deeds issued 1835-1866; land contracts, sales, transfers, leases, 1838-1934; reports on lots owned by the Company, 1886-1904; reports and other material, 1861-1935; and other material including reports, 1850-1905.
Series consists of constitutions, minutes, membership records and correspondence of the organizations which constituted or joined the alliance including the Sons of Poland, 1907-1937; the St. Stanislaw Kostka Society, 1912-1921; the Polish Progressive Union, 1918-1923; the Polish Democratic Council, 1922-1928; the Filarets, 1913-1919.
URL
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_100630