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Colonization Roads Branch
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The Colonization Roads Branch was established as part of the Bureau of Agriculture for the Province of Canada, in 1854. Prior to this, responsibility for establishing colonization roads in Canada-West (also still referred to as Upper Canada), rested with the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
The Colonization Roads Branch remained the responsibility of the Bureau of Agriculture until 1862, when it was transferred to the Department of Crown Lands.
The Branch ceased to exist in 1867, when colonization roads in the western part of the Province of Canada became the responsibility of the new Government of Ontario. With this change, a Colonization Roads Branch was established within the Ontario Department of Crown Lands.
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The Colonization Roads Branch supervised the construction and repair of roads in unorganized and sparsely settled parts of the Province of Canada for the purpose of promoting settlement.
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Annual Report of the Crown Lands Department, 1862
Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867 (1963)
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Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
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R. Anger