Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to which was Referred the Petition of Rowland Burr, of the City of Toronto, on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario, at Toronto

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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 to which was Referred the Petition of Rowland Burr, of the City of Toronto, on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario, at Toronto

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Select Committee to which was Referred the Petition of Rowland Burr, of the City of Toronto, on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario, at Toronto

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1857

      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 presented its report on June 9, 1857. The committee Chairman was Joseph Hartman.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Select Committee on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario was established to consider the possibility of such a canal as raised in the petition of Rowland Burr.

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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 to which was Referred the Petition of Rowland Burr, of the City of Toronto, on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario, at Toronto

      Dates of relationship

      1857

      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1019

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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

          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. Also not found in 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.

          Archivist(s):
          Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk