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Rupert's Land

1670 – 1869
ColonyNorth America

A commercial empire the size of a third of Canada, chartered in 1670 as every river that drains to Hudson Bay; from 1821 the Company's licensed trade monopoly ran to the Pacific, and the map draws that monopoly territory until the 1869 surrender.

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.

Borders in 1821 · drawn from 3 sourced border frames
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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.

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