Districts of The Northwest Territories - 1905

1905

The North-West Territories experienced significant adjustments in 1905:

• The Districts of Alberta, Assiniboia, Athabaska, and Saskatchewan were reorganized to form the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
• The original independent territory 'District of Keewatin', which had shrunk considerably from its 1876 size as large portions of its area had been converted into the expansion of Manitoba and Ontario, gave up its autonomy and became a district within the North-West Territories.
• A small eastern portion of the (now) defunct Districts of Saskatchewan and Athabaska were added to the District of Keewatin.
• A portion of the District of Mackenzie was added to the District of Keewatin.
• The hyphen was removed from North-West Territories, so that the area was now named the Northwest Territories.
• The Northwest Territories now consisted of the Districts of Franklin, Ungava, Mackenzie and Keewatin.