Red River Colony
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Was a British colony in North America that covered territories that are now part of Canada and of North Dakota.
Establishment
January 1812: The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement) was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on 300,000 square kilometres of land. This land was granted to him by the Hudson's Bay Company, which is referred to as the Selkirk Concession, which included the portions of Rupert's Land, or the watershed of Hudson Bay, bounded on the north by the line of 52° N latitude roughly from the Assiniboine River east to Lake Winnipegosis. It then formed a line of 52° 30′ N latitude from Lake Winnipegosis to Lake Winnipeg, and by the Winnipeg River, Lake of the Woods and Rainy River.
Chronology
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1. Events
October 1818: The Convention of 1818 established the 49th parallel north west of the Lake of the Woods as the U.S. border with British-held lands.
January 1868: The Republic of Manitobah was a short-lived, unrecognized state founded in June 1867 by Thomas Spence at the town of Portage la Prairie .
May 1870: Thomas Spence served in the council for Louis Riel’s Provisional Government, whose actions led to the formation of the Province of Manitoba within Canada.
July 1870: The Manitoba Act was passed in 1870, leading to the disbandment of the Métis Provisional government in the Red River Colony. This marked the transfer of the territory to Canada (Dominion) and the establishment of the province of Manitoba.
Disestablishment
May 1870: Thomas Spence served in the council for Louis Riel’s Provisional Government, whose actions led to the formation of the Province of Manitoba within Canada.
July 1870: The Manitoba Act was passed in 1870, leading to the disbandment of the Métis Provisional government in the Red River Colony. This marked the transfer of the territory to Canada (Dominion) and the establishment of the province of Manitoba.
