Modern day land grab as County learns parcel undocumented

Haldimand County is becoming concerned with trespassers and liability only to learn the parcel of land under the county has little or no documentation of transfer.

By Lisa Iesse Writer Six Nations may be living a modern-day land grab with Haldimand County claiming a vacant strip of land along the Grand River. The parcel of land came to the attention of Haldimand County Council last month when liability became an issue after learning encampments and trespassers had started camping on the land. A report to Haldimand council August 29 said there was a lack of ownership documentation on the parcel. The land parcel is over one acre in distance, on Highway 54 just north of Mines Road. Megan Jamieson, Haldimand’s general manager of corporate and social services, was presenting concerns about land use in a report to the county’s council when the issue of no deed or title documents to the land parcel surfaced. The documentation…

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