Assiniboia

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This article is about the historical districts of Canada's North-West Territories. For other uses, see Assiniboia (disambiguation).

Assiniboia District refers to two historical

Assiniboine First Nation
.

Historical usage

For more information on the history of the provisional districts, see also Districts of the Northwest Territories

(Old) District of Assiniboia

The District of Assiniboia was a name used to describe the

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The District was governed by a Hudson's Bay Company-appointed Governor of Assiniboia, who was advised by members of the Council of Assiniboia.[citation needed
]

In 1869

Province of Manitoba in 1870 though the federal government retained control of crown land and natural resources until 1930. In some accounts of the history of Manitoba, the term Old Assiniboia is used to describe the pre-1870 settlement, though the terms Red River Colony, Red River Settlement and Selkirk Settlement are more common.[citation needed
]

District of Assiniboia

District of Assiniboia
District of
North-West Territories
1882–1905

A 1900 map showing the boundaries of the second District of Assiniboia (bottom centre).
History 
• Established
1882
• Disestablished
1905
Today part ofAlberta, Saskatchewan
A 1900 railroad map with more detail on the district.

The (Second) District of Assiniboia was later created (1882) as a regional

North-West Territories.[2] Most of it was absorbed into the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905, except for the westernmost quarter, which became part of Alberta
.

The east boundary of the district coincided with the modern Manitoba–Saskatchewan boundary, the line between the 29th and 30th ranges west of the First Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This boundary has jogs at each correction line. Any roads built on this boundary are now designated Road 174 West under the Manitoba system or Range Road 1300 under the Saskatchewan system.

The north boundary was the 9th Correction Line, approximately 52° north, now also designated Township Road 350.

The west boundary was the line between the 10th and 11th ranges west of the Fourth Meridian. This line, now designated Range Road 110, has jogs at each correction line. The northwest corner of the Assiniboia District is commemorated by a cairn 10 km south of Coronation, Alberta.[3]

Between 1876 and 1883, Battleford (in the District of Saskatchewan) was the territorial capital of the North-West Territories. The territorial capital was moved to Regina, located in Assiniboia, in 1883, and on the formation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, Regina became the capital of the province. Its location was chosen by Edgar Dewdney, the territorial lieutenant-governor. Dewdney had reserved for himself substantial land adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway line on the site of what became the town, and thereby considerably enriched himself. This was the occasion of a considerable scandal in the early days of the Territories.[4]

A map of the Canadian Prairies showing the Districts of the North-West Territories in 1882.

The District of Assiniboia survived in its original geographical configuration as the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle until the 1970s when the portion of the diocese (and former District of Assiniboia) lying within the province of Alberta was ceded to the Diocese of Calgary.

A map of the Canadian Prairies showing the Districts of the North-West Territories in 1886.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Assiniboia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 782.
  2. ^ Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin Law Printer (for Canada), 1886
  3. ^ "Coronation Boundary Marker". hermis.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  4. ^ See Regina, Saskatchewan.
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