Political Boundaries
Rupert's Land became the first western area. In 1670 when Great Britain gave the The Governor and Company of Adventurers Trading into Hudson's Bay (Hudson's Bay Company) dominion over lands where there was water passageway from the Hudson Bay which was entitled Rupert's Land. The North West Territories was divided into districts in 1870. The Provisional Districts of Alberta, Assiniboia, Athabasca, and Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882. They were named provisional districts to distinguish them from the District of Keewatin which had a more autonomous relationship from the NWT administration. Due to the vastness of the Northwest Territories, it was divided into more administrative districts. 1895 saw the formation of the District of Franklin, District of Ungava and the District of Mackenzie which were all part of the NWT. By this date, the Provisional District of Athabasca had extended as far west as the first meridian.
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