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According to the Surveyors’ Measure the table is as follows: | According to the Surveyors’ Measure the table is as follows: | ||
{{Block indent|1=7.92 inches = 1 link <br>25 links = 1 rod, pole or perch (all of equal length) <br>100 links = 1 chain or 4 rods <br>80 chains = 1 mile <br>625 square links = 1 square rod <br>16 square rods = 1 square chain <br>10 square chains = 1 acre <br>43,560 square feet = 1 acre <br>66 feet = 1 chain <br> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=Therefore 100 Links = 1.00 Chain and |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=1.00 Chain = 66.00 feet <br>|2=1}} | |||
Now when you read that the measurement of the area was 10 Chains and 50 links you will know that the length of the measurement was 660 feet plus 33 feet = 693 feet. | Now when you read that the measurement of the area was 10 Chains and 50 links you will know that the length of the measurement was 660 feet plus 33 feet = 693 feet. | ||
{{Block indent|1=66 feet x 10 chains = 660 feet <br>+ 50/100 links = .5 chain x 66 feet = <u>+ 33 feet</u> <br>660 feet + 33 feet = 693 feet <br>|2=2}} | |||
A lot 20 chains (1320 feet) wide by 100 chains (6600 feet) deep contains 200 acres and a lot 50 chains (3300 feet) wide by 20 chains (1320 feet) deep, contains 100 acres.<ref>Murphy, Sharon L., Brenda Dougall Merriman, and Frances Coe. "Canada Land Terminology - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Land_Terminology_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | A lot 20 chains (1320 feet) wide by 100 chains (6600 feet) deep contains 200 acres and a lot 50 chains (3300 feet) wide by 20 chains (1320 feet) deep, contains 100 acres.<ref>Murphy, Sharon L., Brenda Dougall Merriman, and Frances Coe. "Canada Land Terminology - International Institute, " ''International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Canada_Land_Terminology_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
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*[https://saskgenweb.wordpress.com/ Saskatchewan Homestead Records] | *[https://saskgenweb.wordpress.com/ Saskatchewan Homestead Records] | ||
{{Block indent|For a microfilm edition at the FamilySearch Library, see: |2}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*{{FSC|882996|disp=Saskatchewan homestead records, 1870-1930, and index}} |2=2}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*{{FSC|5674604|disp=Saskatchewan homestead records, 1904- ; applications for letters patent}}|2=2}} | |||
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/search.aspx Western Land Grants (1870-1930)] | *[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/search.aspx Western Land Grants (1870-1930)] | ||
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