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Records of Joint Reserve Commission
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1876-1910 (Creation)
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3 reels of microfilm [B01391 - B01393]
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The Joint Reserve Commission was created between the governments of British Columbia and Canada to determine the boundaries of Indian reserves in British Columbia, after several years of dispute. An agreement in principle on the creation of the commission was reached in November, 1875, and the Joint Reserve Commission was officially established in 1876 by federal orders-in-council 444/1876 and 779/1876. It consisted of three commissioners, one was appointed by the Canadian government (A.C. Anderson), one by the provincial government (Archibald McKinley), and a third selected jointly by the two levels of government (Gilbert Malcolm Sproat).
The Joint Reserve Commission operated until 1878 when it was restructured, leaving Gilbert Malcolm Sproat as the sole commissioner of the renamed Indian Reserve Commission. Sproat acted as commissioner until 1880, when he was replaced by Peter O'Reilly who acted until his retirement 1898. O'Reilly was then replaced by A.W. Vowell, until the commission was dissolved in 1910.
In 1913 the commission's work was continued by the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (The McKenna-McBride Commission).
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This series consists of the records of the Indian Reserve Commission (Joint Reserve Commission) relating to the allotment and establishment of Indian Reserves in British Columbia. Includes journal of proceedings (1877) and letterbook copies of correspondence outward (1876-1910).
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Purchased from the Public Archives of Canada, 1980.
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Microfilm is copies of volume 1273-1284, Record Group 10, Library and Archives Canada
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See all other series in the Joint Reserve Commission Collection.
GR-2982 - Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission. This series provides written descriptions and sketch maps of the Reserves allotted by the Commission.
Many of the records in this collection, as well as minutes of decision, and sketch maps have been digitized by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and are available online through their library https://jirc.ubcic.bc.ca/
GR-0123 - Dept. of Indian Affairs records with regard to British Columbia
GR-1751 – Dept. of Indian Affairs Central Registry Black Series (Western), microfilm (reels B00271-B00361), in particular file 3756 (reel B00279).
PR-1052 - Alexander Caulfield Anderson fonds, which includes a diary as Indian Reserve Commissioner (MS-0559.2.5).
PR-1709 - Archibald McKinlay fonds
PR-0258 - Gilbert Sproat fonds.
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Replaced by the RG10 series description.
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Accession number(s): GR-0933
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- Joint Reserve Commission (Subject)
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