Red River Colony

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agricultural colony historical region settlement

The Red River Colony was an early 19th-century agricultural settlement in what is now Manitoba, Canada, that became a focal point of Métis culture and resistance and played a key role in the region’s path to joining the Canadian Confederation.

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Label Occurrences
Red River Colony canonical 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
adjacentTo United States border ⓘ
capital Fort Garry ⓘ
conflict Battle of Seven Oaks ⓘ
Red River Resistance ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culture Métis culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
foundedBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk ⓘ
foundedForPurpose agricultural settlement ⓘ
to supply food to Hudson's Bay Company fur trade posts ⓘ
governedBy Council of Assiniboia ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup English Canadian settlers ⓘ
First Nations peoples ⓘ
French Canadian settlers ⓘ
Métis ⓘ
Scottish settlers ⓘ
hasRoleIn creation of Manitoba Act, 1870 ⓘ
development of Métis national identity ⓘ
entry of Manitoba into Canadian Confederation ⓘ
hasSettlement Kildonan ⓘ
Fort Garry ⓘ
surface form: Lower Fort Garry

St. Andrews ⓘ
St. Boniface ⓘ
St. Norbert ⓘ
Fort Garry ⓘ
surface form: Upper Fort Garry
historicalRegionOf Western Canada ⓘ
surface form: Prairie Provinces
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Michif ⓘ
locatedIn Manitoba ⓘ
Rupert's Land ⓘ
locatedNear Assiniboine River ⓘ
locatedOn Red River of the North ⓘ
notableLeader Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield ⓘ
Cuthbert Grant ⓘ
Governor William MacTavish ⓘ
Louis Riel ⓘ
Miles Macdonell ⓘ
partOf Rupert's Land ⓘ
surface form: Hudson's Bay Company territories

Rupert's Land ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Canadian provincial government in Manitoba ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
surface form: Province of Manitoba
significantEvent Battle of Seven Oaks ⓘ
Pemmican Proclamation ⓘ
Red River Resistance ⓘ
arrival of first Selkirk settlers in 1812 ⓘ
creation of the Province of Manitoba ⓘ
startTime 1812 ⓘ
territorialDisputeWith North West Company ⓘ
todayPartOf Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Winnipeg

southern Manitoba ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Red River Colony ⓘ
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → placeOfOrigin → Red River Colony ⓘ