An Act, the better to protect the Mississaga [Mississauga] Tribes living on the Indian Reserve of the River Credit, in their exclusive right of Fishing and Hunting therein. Passed 20th March, 1829.

  • Province
    Upper Canada (1792-1840)
  • Chapter
    10 George IV – Chapter 3
  • Year
    1829
  • Concepts
    Indigenous Peoples
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    3
  • Description
    This act acknowledges the area currently known as Etobicoke and Mississauga as land belonging to the Mississauga tribe, and is to be their acknowledged fishing and hunting ground. After lodging a complaint concerning a depletion of their resources caused by unlawful settler fishing and hunting, the legislature enacts a law threatening three days of jail to anyone caught unlawfully hunting or fishing on Mississauga land. The act is not permanent; it is in place for four years.
  • Source
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