District of Alberta explained
| Conventional Long Name: | Provisional District of Alberta |
| Common Name: | District of Alberta |
| Subdivision: | Provisional district |
| Nation: | the North-West Territories |
| Today: | Alberta |
| Year Start: | 1882 |
| Year End: | 1905 |
| Image Map Caption: | A 1900 map showing the boundaries of the District of Alberta. |
The District of Alberta was one of four districts of the Northwest Territories created in 1882. 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. The modern province of Alberta was created in 1905 from the District of Alberta and parts of the Districts of Athabasca, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan.[1] The boundaries of the district were:[2]
- On the south, the international boundary, 49° north.
- On the east, the line between the 10th and 11th ranges west of the fourth meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This line, now designated Range Road 110, has jogs at each correction line. It crosses Highway 16 between Innisfree and Minburn and Highway 1 between Tilley and Suffield.
- On the north, the 18th correction line, approximately 55° north, now designated Township Road 710.
- On the west, the British Columbia boundary: the height of land of Pacific Ocean drainage and the 120th meridian west.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Alberta becomes a Province. Alberta Online Encyclopedia. August 6, 2009.
- Book: Canada. Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada. 1886. Brown Chamberlin, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. en.
