Rupert's Land

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historical territory territory of British North America

Rupert's Land was a vast territory in British North America, encompassing much of present-day Canada’s northern and central regions, historically controlled and administered by the Hudson’s Bay Company.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America 2
North-Western Territory 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical territory ⓘ
territory of British North America ⓘ
administeredBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
associatedWithCompany Hudson's Bay Company fur trade monopoly ⓘ
borderedBy contiguous United States ⓘ
surface form: United States (to the south, in part)
capital York Factory ⓘ
charterGrantedTo Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
controlledBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
country British Empire ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Hudson Bay ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
governedBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
surface form: Hudson's Bay Company Council of the Northern Department
grantedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
surface form: King Charles II of England
historicalRegionOf Canada ⓘ
historicalStatus monopoly trading area of Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
includesPresentDayTerritoryOf Alberta ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Territories (parts)

Nunavut ⓘ
surface form: Nunavut (parts)

Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Ontario (parts)

Province of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Quebec (parts)

Saskatchewan ⓘ
indigenousInhabitants Cree peoples ⓘ
Dene peoples ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Inuit (in northern areas)

Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe peoples
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Royal Charter of 1670 ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

North America ⓘ
mainPort York Factory ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
namedFor Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America
primaryEconomicActivity fur trade ⓘ
sovereignState Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1670 ⓘ
successorTerritory District of Keewatin ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
surface form: North-West Territories (Canada)

Manitoba ⓘ
surface form: Province of Manitoba

Province of Ontario (expanded area) ⓘ
Province of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Province of Quebec (expanded area)
transferCompleted 1870 ⓘ
transferEvent Rupert's Land Act 1868 ⓘ
transferredTo Dominion of Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

British America → hasPart → Rupert's Land ⓘ
British America → hasPart → Rupert's Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America
this entity surface form: North-Western Territory
this entity surface form: Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America
British Canada → includes → Rupert's Land ⓘ
British Canada → includes → Rupert's Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: North-Western Territory
Hudson's Bay Company → tradedIn → Rupert's Land ⓘ