ARCHIVED - Homesteaders seeking Doukhobor lands, 1907 - The Canadian West - Exhibitions

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Homesteaders seeking Doukhobor lands

1907

These homesteaders are waiting for a Dominion Lands Office to open the quarter-section homesteads on the Doukhobor reserves in Saskatchewan. The federal government's cancellation of the Doukhobor entries led to an American-style land rush, one of the few witnessed in western Canada.

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