Norfolk County property bought by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute has been sold at a tax sale in Simcoe. By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Norfolk County property bought by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute for over $400,000 has been sold at a tax sale in Simcoe. The new owners of 39 acres of Norfolk County farmland could soon be introduced to the complicated world of Indigenous land claims. The property at 1594 Concession 2 Townsend sold for $410,800 at a tax sale in Simcoe on Wednesday. The land at the southern border of the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve was assessed at $338,000. Its owners, the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI), owed $73,657 in property taxes. The sale is not yet final. The winning bidder has
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