Regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories (1882-1906)
The District of Alberta was one of four
districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882.
[1]
[2] It was styled the Alberta Provisional District to distinguish it from the
District of Keewatin which had a more autonomous relationship from the NWT administration. Present-day
Province of Alberta takes in the District of Alberta and parts of the
Districts of Athabasca ,
Assiniboia and
Saskatchewan . Alberta became a province in 1905.
[3]
A map of the Canadian Prairies showing the Districts of the North-West Territories in 1882.
A map of the Canadian Prairies showing the Districts of the North-West Territories in 1886.
The boundaries of the district were:
[4]
On the south, the international boundary,
49° north .
On the east, the line between the 10th and 11th ranges west of the fourth meridian of the
Dominion Land Survey . This line, now designated Range Road 110, has jogs at each correction line.
On the north, the 18th correction line, approximately
55° north , now designated Township Road 710.
On the west, the British Columbia boundary: the height of land of Pacific Ocean drainage and the
120th meridian west .
See also
References
^
Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada , Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin Law Printer (for Canada), 1886
^ Fung, Professor of Geography, University of Saskatchewan., Dr. K.I.; Richards, J. Howard,
Evolution-boundaries-1882: (1969). Atlas of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon: Modern Press. , retrieved 2007-10-12 {{
citation }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^
"Alberta becomes a Province" . Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 6, 2009 .
^ Canada (1886).
Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada . Brown Chamberlin, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
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