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Steps to a Homestead - Dominion Lands Office
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Item Number
R-B9002-2
Item Date
1907


Crowds and line-ups at the Lands Office in Yorkton.


"Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior, cancelled the Doukhobor reserves in 1907. This meant over 2,500 homesteads became available and it created a land rush in Yorkton."

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R-B9002-2
Media Type:
photograph
Keywords:
Doukhobors; Land Rush;


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Image Preview R-A5682 Photograph 1 - Waiting for land in Battleford.
Image Preview R-A3930 Photograph 2 - Dominion Lands Office in Estevan.
Image Preview R-A4556-1 Photograph 3 - A rush on the Dominion Lands Office at the Prince Albert court house.
Image Preview R-A4557-2 Photograph 4 - A rush on the Dominion Lands Office at the Prince Albert court house.
Image Preview R-B9002-2 Photograph 5 - Crowds and line-ups at the Lands Office in Yorkton.
Image Preview R-B9002-4 Photograph 6 - Keeping order during the land rush in Yorkton.
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