This article is about an early territory of British North America. For the 18th-century U.S. territory, see Northwest Territory. For the extant Canadian territory, see Northwest Territories. For other geographical names that use the term Northwestern, see Northwestern (disambiguation).
is sometimes also considered to have been part of the territory as well.
The North-Western Territory was not technically within the area of land granted to the Hudson's Bay Company in May 1670, as the region did not drain into Hudson's Bay.[1] However, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) was still the de facto administrator of the region and the territory was included in the same process of transferring Rupert's Land to Canada from the HBC, effective on July 15, 1870.
aboriginal peoples of the area. In accordance with the Royal Proclamation of 1763, large-scale settlement by non-aboriginal people was prohibited until the lands were surrendered by treaty.[5]Canada provinces 1870–1871, showing the succeeding divisions of the North-Western Territory. The Northwest Territories
is stylized as the North-West Territories during this period.
In 1862 during the
Treaty of St. Petersburg in 1825
.
The year following the creation of the Stickeen Territories, part of the Stikine returned to the North-Western Territory when boundaries were adjusted and the Colony of British Columbia was extended to the
Yukon Territory was formed when the areas west of the Mackenzie Mountains were removed from the Northwest Territories during the Klondike Gold Rush, again as with the Stickeen Territory to prevent efforts at American takeover and also to enable easier governance.[6][citation needed
