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Although the process of transferring Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada began much earlier, the current land of Alberta then became a part of the North-West Territories as part of the Rupert's Land Act 1868 on July 15, 1870. Fort Edmonton; painting by Paul Kane (1810–1871), 1849–56.
In 1795, traders of the Montreal-based North West Company (NWC) established Fort Augustus northeast of Edmonton, near the site of present-day Fort Saskatchewan. [4] The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), a competitor with the North West Company in the North American fur trade, built Edmonton House (later Fort Edmonton) adjacent to Fort Augustus a few months later.
John Walter was born in 1850 in Orkney, Scotland.As his family had some connection to Canada through the Hudson's Bay Company, he signed a five-year contract as a York boat builder and carpenter with HBC and arrived at Fort Edmonton on December 24, 1870.
Red Hill (postcode: 2603) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after the northernmost hill of the ridge to the west of the suburb. The ridge is a reserve and managed as part of the Canberra Nature Park. The hill is an element of the central Canberra design axis.
1821 the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company merged, and fur-trade activities at Edmonton became concentrated in Fort Edmonton. 1830 – Fort Edmonton moved up the hill, to near today's legislative building. 1870 – Fort Edmonton and environs becomes part of Canada and of the North-West Territories .
Scott's Crossing Road was a road in the Canberra region that formed a link across the Molonglo River floodplain, and it was used to link the area on the southern side of the river to the north. It was named for John Scott, an early settler, whose homestead once stood where the National Gallery of Australia is located at the southern end of the ...
Fort Edmonton Park (sometimes referred to as "Fort Edmonton") is an attraction in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Named for the first enduring European post in the area of modern-day Edmonton, the park is the largest living history museum in Canada by area. [ 1 ]
In 1821, the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company merged under the name of the latter. By 1825, Sir George Simpson advanced from the junior governor in charge of the company's Northern Department to be the head of this new company. Simpson travelled throughout the north-west. For forty years he led the company.