Registry of Crown Titles and Records

Although quite a few volumes were destroyed in the St. John's Fire of 1892, some grants that were contained in these volumes have resurfaced in other collections. For example, there are several grants listed here that are part of the Southern District Court (SDC) volumes which are housed at the Registry of Deeds. This could be because, as mentioned above, some were re-registered from duplicate copies held by landowners or from copies included in other surviving documents. However, at present, many of the surviving land grants have not been plotted, or are plotted incorrectly on the cadastral maps administered by The Registry of Crown Titles and Records. An ongoing effort will be made by the author of this site to assist the Crown Lands personnel with the redrafting of cadastral maps to more accurately reflect the location of land grants listed below.

Crown Land Grants - Caplin Bay

The table below lists Crown Land grants which pertain to allotted property at Caplin Bay (Calvert). It includes links to transcripts of surviving grants, or where appropriate, speculative information as to the probable location of the property contained in missing land grants. The grants, which were recorded on partially pre-printed forms, are the same but tend to vary in format and/or page layout, as dictated by ongoing Government policies. For the purpose of transcription, I have shown the pre-printed wording in a black font, while the handwritten portions are shown in a blue font.

It should be noted in some instances, the spelling of a surname name and the date of the grant, as recorded in the index books, does not necessarily match the spellings of the surname/date recorded in the actual grants. An effort has been made to scan the Crown Land surveys as clearly as possible, however, due to the quality of the original (or its microfiche copy) and your browser's features and options, some of the surveys may be difficult to read.

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