The description of a land grant and subsequent titles may specifically include the beds and shores of a body of water.īeds and shores are owned by Canada on federal lands within: The HBC was able to sell these lands without any reservations on title and passed the ownership of water body beds and shores onto title holders. All of Sections 26 and 8 in every surveyed township divisible by 5.All lands south of the North Saskatchewan River within all of Section 8 and ¾ of Section 26 (except the northeast quarter) in every township as surveyed.a grant of land in each surveyed township set out for settlement.This included the retention of the following lands: In 1870 HBC surrendered its lands to the Dominion of Canada, with conditions. This area included what is now known as the province of Alberta. King Charles II of England granted ownership of what was then known as Rupert’s Land to the HBC.

Exceptions to Crown ownership Former HBC landsīefore Canada’s Confederation, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) was an English fur trading company. Few land titles in Alberta mention the ownership of beds and shores as water bodies by law, are already reserved. It may require historical research to verify. The ownership of the beds and shores of a body of water is not always obvious. Section 3 of the Public Lands Act outlines the legal aspect of this ownership. It also owns most of the beds and shores of wetlands if they are permanent and naturally occurring bodies of water. In Alberta, the province owns most of the beds and shores of naturally occurring lakes, rivers and streams. Ownership of beds and shores Crown ownership

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