Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron

    Other form(s) of name

    • Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of a Navigable Line by way of the Ottawa and Metawin rivers, Lake Nipissing and French rivers, between Montreal and Lake Huron

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1863

    History

    Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed on March 12, 1863 and presented its report on April 30, 1863. The Chairman was Robert Bell.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron examined the possibility of creating a navigable waterway using the Ottawa and Metawin rivers, Lake Nipissing and the French river.

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    Related entity

    Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1841-1867)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA12

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly controls Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron

    Dates of relationship

    1863

    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA1022

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    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

        Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.


        Archivist(s):
        Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk