Rupert's Land (French: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (French: Terre du Prince Rupert), was a territory in British North America which comprised...
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The Rupert's Land Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 105) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was), authorizing...
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Rupert's Land is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Jonathan Tammuz and released in 1998. The film stars Samuel West and Ian Tracey as Rupert and Dale...
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The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the...
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watershed area, an immense territory named Rupert's Land, with Rupert appointed the first Governor. Rupert's first company secretary was Sir James Hayes...
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America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land. Due to the lack of development, exploration, and cartographic limits...
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British North America (section Newfoundland, Rupert's Land, and other territories of British North America)
Indian Reserve Newfoundland North-Western Territory Nova Scotia Quebec Rupert's Land (the territory of the Hudson's Bay Company) St. John's Island (later...
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Deed of Surrender (redirect from Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory - Enactment No. 3: Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into the union)
Surrender or Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory Order is an 1870 British order in council that transferred ownership of Rupert's Land and the North-Western...
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Métis (section Land ownership)
over the territory then called Rupert's Land, assigned plots of land to European settlers. The allocation of Red River land caused conflict with those already...
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passed the Rupert's Land Act that saw most of its land ownership transferred to the Dominion of Canada. After Canada acquired the HBC's land in 1870, the...
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Manitoba Act, 1870 (section Land)
Government of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territories when united with Canada upon the absorption of the British territories of Rupert's Land and the...
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right of "sole trade and commerce" over an expansive area of land known as Rupert's Land, comprising much of the Hudson Bay drainage basin. This right...
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Canadian province of Manitoba. It had earlier been a territory called Rupert's Land and been under control of the Hudson's Bay Company before it was sold...
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by an Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the title role in Rupert's Land (1998). In 2010, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for...
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of Rupert's Land by King Charles II of England; this vast territory was greater than one third the area of Canada today. Following the Rupert's Land Act...
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created a territory named Rupert's Land, which was placed under the administration of the Hudson's Bay Company. Rupert's Land, which included all of present-day...
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mostly part of Rupert's Land under the nominal control of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1670 to 1869, who regarded Rupert's Land as their proprietary...
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mid-19th century, the future province of Manitoba was still part of Rupert's Land, a territory owned by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). By 1858, the population...
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the colonial era to indicate where it lay in relation to the rest of Rupert's Land. It has been shortened from North-Western Territory and then North-West...
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Cathedral of St. John (Winnipeg) (redirect from Dean of Rupert's Land)
Manitoba, Canada, which is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rupert's Land. It is located in the Luxton neighbourhood of north-end Winnipeg on...
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Isobel Gunn (category People from Rupert's Land)
off as a man, thereby becoming the first European woman to travel to Rupert's Land, now part of Western Canada. Gunn's ruse was not caught until 1807 when...
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List of female Anglican bishops (section Rupert's Land)
The following is a list of female Anglican bishops in diocesan, suffragan, area, and assistant roles. Katharine Jefferts Schori (Episcopal Church, 2006-2015)...
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to provide clarity on the mechanisms and timeline of the transfer of Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) back...
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adjacent British North America (future Dominion of Canada) territory of Rupert's Land at the 49th parallel north of latitude. This gave the Missouri Territory...
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Hudson's Bay Company in the Selkirk Concession. It included portions of Rupert's Land, or the watershed of Hudson Bay, bounded on the north by the line of...
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royal charter, the Hudson's Bay Company established the territory of Rupert's Land in the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The English also established or conquered...
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three Leo Award nominations, for Best Actress in a Film in 1998 for Rupert's Land, Best Actress in a Dramatic Series in 1998 for Dead Man's Gun, and Best...
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William Bompas (category People from Rupert's Land)
diocese as these dioceses were successively carved out of the original Rupert's Land diocese. Born in London, England, he died in Carcross, Yukon. His wife...
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enforce its monopoly in the Red River region. It gave up its ownership of Rupert's Land in 1868, and the monopoly was officially ended in 1870. Sayer was born...
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(formerly Rupert's Land) was formed in 1875, covering the Prairie Provinces and initially under the metropolitical authority of the Bishop of Rupert's Land. Today...
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