Doncaster, Quebec
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Doncaster is a Mohawk Indian Reserve
in the Laurentides
region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Mohawks of Kanesatake
and Kahnawake.
The reserve is located some 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) east of Mont-Tremblant in the geographic township with the same name, which was named after the town in England
. It is uninhabited or occasionally sparsely inhabited, and used only as a hunting and fishing territory.
. The area indicated was 16000 acres (64.7 km²).
Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
in the Laurentides
Laurentides (region)
The Laurentides is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains...
region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Mohawks of Kanesatake
Kanesatake, Quebec
Kanehsatake is a Mohawk settlement on the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains at the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada, near Montreal. The Doncaster 17 Indian Reserve also belongs to the Mohawk of Kanesatake. The population of the community is 1700.The community was formally founded...
and Kahnawake.
The reserve is located some 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) east of Mont-Tremblant in the geographic township with the same name, which was named after the town in England
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
. It is uninhabited or occasionally sparsely inhabited, and used only as a hunting and fishing territory.
History
On August 30, 1851, the act that would set apart lands in Lower Canada for the use and benefit of 7 First Nation tribes was authorized. Two years later on August 9, 1853, the Governor General in Council approves the distribution list as proposed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, John Rolph. According to that list, the "Indians of Caughnawaga (Kahnawake) and lake Deux Montagnes" (Kanesatake) were allotted the south-east quarter of the township of Doncaster, behind the township of WexfordSainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, Quebec
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson is a village and municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality...
. The area indicated was 16000 acres (64.7 km²).
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: n/a
- Population in 2001: n/a
- Population in 1996: 0
- Population in 1991: 4