Alberta > Real Estate > Land Titles:What about rural land? How is it described?Rural land is described by the use of the terms meridian, range, and township. Land in Alberta is described as being west of the fourth, fifth or sixth meridian. These are north/south lines of longitude. The fourth meridian is the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, the fifth meridian runs through Stony Plain and Calgary, and the sixth meridian runs through DeBolt and Jasper. Between the meridians are vertical columns called ranges which are numbered from east to west of each meridian. Townships are horizontal rows crossing the meridians and ranges. The townships begin with row number 1 at the US border and continue up to row 126 adjacent to the Northwest Territories border. Each township is roughly six miles square and contains 36 sections.
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