Saugeen Tract Agreement, registered as Crown Treaty Number 45, was signed August 9, 1836 between the Saugeen Ojibwa and Ottawa and the government of

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. Conducted on the

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, Sir

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used this occasion for the provincial government's annual distribution of gifts to the Ojibwa and Ottawa of the Saugeen Peninsula (

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) to negotiate the treaty. In exchange for 1.5 million acres (6,070 km²) of land, the Ojibwa and Ottawa of Saugeen received only a promise to assist and protect Indians who took up residence on the Bruce Peninsula.

References

* * * First Nations history in Ontario Manitoulin Island Treaties of Indigenous peoples in Canada Treaties of Upper Canada 1836 treaties 1836 in Upper Canada August 1836 events History of Bruce County Saugeen First Nation History of the Great Lakes {{Ontario-stub