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2. British American Land Company - Wikipedia

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   The British American Land Company (BALC) was a company formed in 1832 for the purpose of purchasing land and encouraging British immigration to Lower Canada.It was founded and promoted by John Galt, Edward Ellice [a] and others to acquire and manage the development of almost 1,100,000 acres (1,719 sq mi; 4,452 km 2) of Crown land and other lands in the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada, in ...

3. Lotusland - Wikipedia

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   Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States.The (15 ha / 37 acres) [1] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska.

4. Rancho El Molino - Wikipedia

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   Rancho El Molino was a 17,892-acre (72.41 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Sonoma County, California granted by Governor José Figueroa in 1833 to John B.R. Cooper. The grant was officially confirmed by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez in 1836. [1] "Molino" means "mill" in Spanish, and the name refers to Cooper's sawmill.

5. Rancho Cañada de los Alisos - Wikipedia

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   With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Cañada de los Alisos was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and the grant patented to Jose ...

6. Shasta Indian Nation to get homeland back in largest land ...

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   Gov. Gavin Newsom has set in motion the largest land return in California history, declaring his support for the return of ancestral lands to the Shasta Indian Nation that were seized a century ...

7. Rancho La Cañada - Wikipedia

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   Rancho La Cañada was a 5,832-acre (23.60 km 2) Mexican land grant in the San Rafael Hills and Crescenta Valley, of present-day Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to a Mexican schoolteacher from Los Angeles, Ygnacio Coronel. [1] The name means "ranch of the canyon".

8. Lessons from Canada: California Journalism Preservation Act ...

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9. Canada Lands Company - Wikipedia

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   Canada Lands was reactivated in August 1995 by the Government of Canada as a "federal nonagent commercial Crown corporation" for the disposition of physical government properties deemed superfluous. [ 4 ] : 69 It is mandated by the government to act as its agent for the disposal of such assets, [ 4 ] : 67 and the government is the company's ...