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government reserve Hist. 
a tract of unsettled land belonging to the Crown.
- 1828 He had encroached upon the government reserve which ran along the bank of the river, had enclosed it with a fence, and had built a blacksmith's shop on it.
- 1889 About midnight I stopped off at Banff Springs, where there is a Government reserve . . . which is being converted into a national park. . . .
- 1828 He had encroached upon the government reserve which ran along the bank of the river, had enclosed it with a fence, and had built a blacksmith's shop on it.