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Rupert's Land

A commercial empire the size of a third of Canada, chartered in 1670 as every river that drains to Hudson Bay.

Sold to the new Dominion of Canada in 1869-70 for £300,000 and transferred 15 July 1870, becoming Manitoba and the North-West Territories.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Rupert's Land — the shape you scrub through changes in 1670 · 1764 · 1821.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1670 The Hudson's Bay Company is chartered Charles II grants the Company the whole Hudson Bay watershed — Rupert's Land — kicking off two centuries of fur empire.

Further reading

• Company of Adventurers Peter C. Newman · 1985

  Narrative history of the Hudson's Bay Company chartered to rule Rupert's Land.

• The Company Stephen Bown · 2021

  Bown's acclaimed narrative history of the Hudson's Bay Company empire that governed Rupert's Land and planted the Red River Colony.

Sources

• Rupert's Land — Wikipedia