Part 2 — Surveys of Public Land and Metis Patented Land in Unsurveyed Territory
23 Width of townships
18, on their base lines and the meridians between townships shall
be drawn across those base lines, northward and southward to the
depth of 2 townships to the correction lines.
(2) The first base line shall be the 49th parallel of latitude, the 2nd
base line shall be between townships 4 and 5, the 3rd between
townships 8 and 9, the 4th between townships 12 and 13, the 5th
between townships 16 and 17, and so on northerly, in regular
succession.
(3) The correction lines are those on which the jog resulting from
the convergence of meridians shall be allowed and are those lines
running east and west between townships and midway between
adjacent base lines.
(4) The correction lines are located between townships 2 and 3,
between townships 6 and 7, between townships 10 and 11, and so
on northerly, in regular succession.
1987 cS-29.1 s23