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Tax recovery land

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Tax recovery lands are lands that were at one time privately owned. A large amount of land, mostly in southern Alberta, became tax recovery land. Drought, poor farming practices and the Depression led many people to forfeit their land as they were unable to pay municipal taxes. Since 1930, the province of Alberta has acquired some tax recovery lands and managed them as public land. Most of this land has been under grazing leases for decades.

Updated

January 1, 2011

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Tax recovery lands public lands

Title and publication information

Type
Fact Sheet
Series Title

About public lands

Extent

1 page

Frequency

Once

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Creator
Publisher

Sustainable Resource Development (2001-2006, 2006-2013)

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Topic
Environment
Subject (LCSH)

Public lands--Alberta.

Resource Dates

Date Created

2009-05-01

Date Added

2016-07-07T20:18:15.312897

Date Modified

2011-01-01

Date Issued

2009-05-01

Date Archived

2022-05-20

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