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Northwest Territories (before 1898)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Northwest_Territories_(before_1898)
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area
over 3,400,000 km²
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Fort_Garry
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:dissolved
1898
gptkbp:established
1870
gptkbp:flag
none
gptkbp:governingBody
gptkb:Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_North-West_Territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Northwest Territories (before 1898)
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:North-West_Legislative_Assembly
gptkbp:notableEvent
creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905 (from its territory)
Keewatin District separated in 1876
creation of Yukon Territory in 1898
expansion of Manitoba in 1881 and 1912
gptkbp:notableTown
gptkb:Fort_McPherson
gptkb:Fort_Simpson
gptkb:Fort_Edmonton
gptkb:Fort_Chipewyan
gptkb:Fort_Smith
gptkb:Fort_Resolution
gptkb:Fort_Norman
gptkb:Fort_Garry
gptkb:Fort_Good_Hope
gptkb:Fort_Providence
gptkb:Fort_Liard
gptkb:Fort_Rae
gptkb:Fort_Reliance
gptkbp:officialLanguage
gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:population
~56,446 (1891 census)
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Rupert's_Land
gptkb:North-Western_Territory
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkb:Yukon_Territory
gptkb:Keewatin_District
Manitoba (expanded)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Yukon_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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