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Pre-emption Pre- emption was a method of selling Crown land which had not been fully surveyed. This was designed to provide temporary title or permission to occupy land to incoming settlers so they quickly could build a homestead and commence agriculture. The earliest preemptions began in 1859, reached their zenith in the Northwest at the turn of the century, and the practice was terminated by the 1970 Land Act. Under this process, individuals (as well as companies and partnerships) could purchase land, but grants to this land were not issued until specified improvements and residency requirements had been completed, and the land had been fully surveyed. Normally a rectangular block of land up to 160 acres, but sometimes more, would be pre-empted. |
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