"A regular township, according to United States surveys, is 6 miles square and is divided into 36 equal parts or sections, each section containing 640 acres and measuring one mile square...How many acres or land in 4.75 sections? How many more acres in 7.5 sections than there are in 3 sections? How many acres of land in .5 section?, 2.5 sections?, 5 sections? How many more acres in 3.5 sections than in 2 sections?" -Foster, 1921

Land Measurement

"A regular township, according to United States surveys, is 6 miles square and is divided into 36 equal…

York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was one of six municipalities that amalgamated in 1998 to form the current city of Toronto. York Township was incorporated by Canada West in 1850 (Canada West later became Ontario in 1867).

York (Toronto) in 1813, From the Block House East of the Don

York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city, it was one of six municipalities…