An even more original map

In January of 2016, I found the map above in what I consider to be my first significant discovery of new evidence which does not support the Sauble Native claim since my Huff letter explanation in 2006 . The first significance of this find is that this map was created in January, 1855, just two months after the signing of Treaty 72 and ten months before the creation of the October, 1855 draft map which includes NE < Ind. Res. notation; the map that was referred to as the "original and final map" by Gary Penner, lawyer for INAC.

The map above is a drawing of Grey and Bruce counties by none other than Charles Rankin. The Bruce Peninsula has not yet been sectioned off in townships on this map, however, the Saugeen Reserve and Chief's Point are included. This is significant because there is a scale to this map which can be used to measure the distance between the tip of the northern boundary of the Saugeen Reserve and the mouth of the Sauble River. Like the 1855 draft map, this map is also found at the Toronto Reference Library, so I contacted them and asked them to measure the distance mentioned. When you supersize the section with the reserves, the northern boundary of the Saugeen reserve is very apparent.

Using the response from the TRL, I compared the distance between the northern boundary of the Saugeen Reserve to the Sauble River on the Grey Bruce map to the same distance shown on the official map submitted to Indian Affairs by Charles Rankin in 1856.

The results of the comparison are as follows:

Calculations for Rankin’s January 1855 Grey/Bruce map:

Scale: 200 chains = 1 inch   1 chain = 66 feet

Distance between river mouth and northern tip of Saugeen reserve = 7/8"

200 x 66 = 13200
13200 / 8 = 1650
1650 x 7 = 11550
11550 / 5280 = 2.187 miles

Calculations for Rankin’s Official 1856 Amabel Town Plan Survey

Scale: 40 chains = 1 inch    1 chain = 66 feet
Distance between river mouth and northern tip of Saugeen reserve = 4 3/8"
4 x 40 = 160
3/8 = 15/40
160 + 15 = 175

      175 x 66 = 11,550
      11550 /5280 = 2.187 miles


When I was doing this research I thought the results would be close. I never imagined that it would work out to the exact same distance. This tells me that Rankin was not only a very competent land surveyor, he was also consistent and knew the exact location of the northern boundary of the Saugeen Reserve long before he did the actual survey.

To me, the Grey Bruce map is as significant as any of the other maps observed in the submitted evidence. This is one more piece of evidence either overlooked or ignored by INAC. They found the October, 1855 draft map at the Toronto Reference Library, so how did they miss this one, created by Charles Rankin and stored in the very same library? I did a simple keyword search using "Charles Rankin" and the map came up in the results.

I don't believe I could be the only one to think to check the distances between the two maps and compare them. To me, this suggests that either INAC is totally incompetent in their research methods or they are knowingly withholding evidence that does not support the Saugeen claim. Either way, this adds up to a whole lot of trouble for the rest of Canada who are not Aboriginal.

I invite your comments or arguments, but please, let's be respectful of one another. I understand that this is a heated debate, but derogatory remarks toward anyone are not welcome.

Thank you.