DCHP-1 Online
mile-belt Obs. 
n. on the Prairies, the first tier of sections on each side of the Canadian Pacific Railway line within the railway belt, so called because each section was a mile deep and those closest to the line were first opened to settlement.
See also: railway belt
- 1883 It is mysteriously hinted that the rights of squatters on the mile-belt will be finally conceded, if they but hold fast to their lands and improvements.
- 1883 The mile belt--that is the even numbered sections along and on both sides of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- 1883 It is mysteriously hinted that the rights of squatters on the mile-belt will be finally conceded, if they but hold fast to their lands and improvements.