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Use the back arrow to return] This aerial photo of the city of Prairie du Chien shows relicts of the "French Long Lot" survey system. Link thanks to Professor Todd Fonstad who ...
One of the most serious drawbacks of the long-lot survey system was related to inheritance. Farms were split right down the middle when the owner ...
One of the most serious drawbacks of the long-lot survey system was related to inheritance. Farms were split right down the middle when the owner died, and farms that were ...
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French culture: * language * house types * Quebec City Long lot survey: * long lots * communal village properties * shoe-string villages: Roman Catholicism:
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These original long lot survey numbers continue to be used in land transactions. People still farm the Big Field, but no one has built a house on his/her property in the field.
Use the cuts in the forested areas to draw lines accurately that indicate the long lot survey system . A map must have a legend which indicates what everything on the map means.
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