Rupert's Land

Details

Instance of

territory

Inception

1670

Country

British Empire

described by source

The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work

dissolved, abolished or demolished date

15 July 1870

located in the present-day administrative territorial entity

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota

named after

Prince Rupert of the Rhine

replaced by

Northwest Territories

shares border with

Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota

topic's main category

Category:Rupert's Land

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