The Crown With No Deed: How Canada Took the Haldimand Tract Without Proof.
The Crown With No Deed: How Canada Took the Haldimand Tract Without Proof. Posted in: Red Tape & Red Truths Tagline: Cutting through the lies. Stitching back the truth. Who Owns the Haldimand Tract? “Show me the deed.” If I tried to sell you land I didn’t own, I’d be hauled off for fraud before the ink dried. But when Canada claims ownership of 950,000 acres known as the Haldimand Tract , no one asks for proof. They just nod politely and move on. So, let’s ask the question no government official seems eager to answer: Where is the Crown’s proof of legal title to the Haldimand Tract? Spoiler alert: There isn’t one. What Is the Haldimand Proclamation? 🔍 A Little Background In 1784, the British Crown issued the Haldimand Proclamation , granting land along the Grand River to the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) in recognition of their alliance and losses during the American Revolution. Not a lease. Not a temporary handout. A grant of land "to take possession of and set...