District of Alberta

1882 districts are superimposed over the 1881 map

The District of Alberta was one of four districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882.^[1]^[2] It was styled the Alberta Provisional District to distinguish it from the District of Keewatin which had a more autonomous relationship from the NWT administration. Present-day Province of Alberta takes in the District of Alberta and parts of the Districts of Athabasca, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan.

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^ Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin Law Printer (for Canada), 1886
^ Fung, Professor of Geography, University of Saskatchewan., Dr. K.I.; Richards,, J. Howard, Evolution-boundaries-1882: (1969). Atlas of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon: Modern Press., retrieved 2007-10-12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

51°48′N 113°24′W / 51.80°N 113.40°W / 51.80; -113.40

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[1] Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin Law Printer (for Canada), 1886

[2] Fung, Professor of Geography, University of Saskatchewan., Dr. K.I.; Richards,, J. Howard, Evolution-boundaries-1882: (1969). Atlas of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon: Modern Press., retrieved 2007-10-12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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