District of Keewatin

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The District of Keewatin was a former administrative territory of Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, located between Manitoba and what later became the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
District of Assiniboia 1
District of Keewatin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
former Canadian territory
abolished 1912
administeredBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: federal government of Canada
administeredSeparatelyFrom Northwest Territories
surface form: North-West Territories
borderedBy Manitoba
Northwest Territories
capital Norway House
country Canada
createdFrom Northwest Territories
surface form: North-West Territories
dateCreated 1876-10-07
dateStatusChanged 1905-09-01
establishedBy Parliament of Canada
establishedByAct Rupert's Land Act 1868
surface form: Keewatin Act
governanceType direct federal administration
governedBy Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
hasHistoricalRole precursor to later northern provincial and territorial boundaries in Canada
hasLegalInstrument Keewatin Act, 1876
historicalJurisdictionOver parts of present-day Manitoba
parts of present-day Northwest Territories
parts of present-day Nunavut
historicalRegionNowPartOf Nunavut
legalStatus federally administered territory
locatedBetween Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
locatedIn Northern Canada
namedAfter Keewatin
nameLanguageOfOrigin Cree
nameMeaning north wind
partOf Dominion of Canada
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
primaryInhabitants Aboriginal peoples of Canada
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Northern Canada
relatedTo Northwest Territories
surface form: North-West Territories

Manitoba
surface form: Province of Manitoba

Nunavut
surface form: Territory of Nunavut
seatOfGovernment Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
surface form: Winnipeg
statusChanged reintegrated into North-West Territories
territoryDividedBetween Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

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

Rupert's Land successorTerritory District of Keewatin
North-West Legislative Assembly appliesToJurisdiction District of Keewatin
this entity surface form: District of Assiniboia