The District of Alberta was one of four districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882.[1][2] It was styled the Alberta Provisional District to distinguish it from the District of Keewatin which had a more autonomous relationship from the NWT administration. Present-day Province of Alberta takes in the District of Alberta and parts of the Districts of Athabasca, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. Alberta became a province in 1905.[3]
Provisional District of Alberta | |
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Provisional district of the North-West Territories | |
1882–1905 | |
A 1900 map showing the boundaries of the District of Alberta. | |
History | |
• Established | 1882 |
• Disestablished | 1905 |
Today part of | Alberta |
The boundaries of the district were:[4]
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