These two letters are the first piece of information in a section-township-range designation.Ī section is a piece of land one mile by one mile square.
This is a true north-south line near Winnipeg, chosen in 1869, at what was considered to be the western limit of settlementĮach section is divided up into 4 quarters: the Northwest (NW), Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), and Southwest (SW) quarter. The location of each township is described as being east or west of the Principal Meridian. When western Canada was first surveyed, it was divided into six mile by six mile blocks called townships. Section numbers are 1-square mile plots of land as defined by the Dominion Land Survey in the 1800's.
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