a strip of public land set aside for the construction of the Rideau canal between Kingston and Ottawa.
- 1815  I observe in your number of the 22nd of last month, you take notice of the Settlers on the Canal Reserve; which to a feeling mind is painful indeed, especially at this season of the year.
- 1822  A Salt Spring . . . has just been discovered, and is now in operation, on the estate of Mr. Francis Ireland, one of the English settlers on the Canal Reserve in Murray.