Adjacent Territories Order

The Adjacent Territories Order was a British order in council issued in 1880 to transfer the ownership of most of the remaining lands in British North America (British Arctic Territories) to the Dominion of Canada.[1] This excluded the Newfoundland Colony, which joined Canada in 1949.[2]

The lands transferred were assigned to the North-West Territories and consolidated the Arctic region with land ceded from the Hudson's Bay Company (North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land).[3]

References
  1. "Adjacent Territories Order". July 31, 1880. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. Rothwell, Donald. "The Canadian-U.S. Northwest Passage Dispute: A Reassessment" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Cornell University. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  3. Smith, Gordon. "The Transfer of Arctic Territories from Great Britain to Canada in 1880, and some Related Matters, as seen in Official Correspondence" (PDF). caid.ca. Christian Aboriginal Infrastructure Developments. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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