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What is an example of a legal description of a parcel of land?

There have been at least nine different survey systems utilized in BC and each describes land in a slightly different manner or format.

Examples:

  • District Lot 1234, Cariboo Land District
  • Legal subdivision 4, Section 10, Township 82, West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River District
  • Lot 1, District Lot 555, New Westminster District, Plan 12345