Rupert's Land

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Rupert's Land was a vast territory in British North America, encompassing much of present-day Canada’s northern and central regions, historically controlled and administered by the Hudson’s Bay Company.

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Generate an image of Rupert's Land (Rupert's Land was a vast territory in British North America, encompassing much of present-day Canada’s northern and central regions, historically controlled and administered by the Hudson’s Bay Company.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical territory ⓘ
territory of British North America ⓘ
administeredBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
associatedWithCompany Hudson's Bay Company fur trade monopoly ⓘ
borderedBy United States (to the south, in part) ⓘ
capital York Factory ⓘ
charterGrantedTo Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
controlledBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
country British Empire ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Hudson Bay ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
governedBy Hudson's Bay Company Council of the Northern Department ⓘ
grantedBy King Charles II of England ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Canada ⓘ
historicalStatus monopoly trading area of Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
includesPresentDayTerritoryOf Alberta ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories (parts) ⓘ
Nunavut (parts) ⓘ
linked to: Nunavut

Ontario (parts) ⓘ
linked to: Ontario

Quebec (parts) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec

Saskatchewan ⓘ
indigenousInhabitants Cree peoples ⓘ
Dene peoples ⓘ
Inuit (in northern areas) ⓘ
linked to: Inuit

Ojibwe peoples ⓘ
linked to: Anishinabek
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Royal Charter of 1670 ⓘ
locatedIn British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

North America ⓘ
mainPort York Factory ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
namedFor Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America
primaryEconomicActivity fur trade ⓘ
sovereignState Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
startTime 1670 ⓘ
successorTerritory District of Keewatin ⓘ
North-West Territories (Canada) ⓘ
Province of Manitoba ⓘ
linked to: Manitoba

Province of Ontario (expanded area) ⓘ
Province of Quebec (expanded area) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec
transferCompleted 1870 ⓘ
transferEvent Rupert's Land Act 1868 ⓘ
transferredTo Dominion of Canada ⓘ

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Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hudson's Bay Company → tradedIn → Rupert's Land ⓘ
British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
British America → hasPart → Rupert's Land ⓘ
British America → hasPart → Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
British Canada → includes → Rupert's Land ⓘ
British Canada → includes → North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Red River Colony → locatedIn → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Red River Colony → partOf → Hudson's Bay Company territories ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Red River Colony → partOf → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Battle of Fort Nelson → location → Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Russian Alaska → borderedBy → Hudson’s Bay Company territories ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Hudson's Bay Company flag → locationOfUse → Rupert's Land trading posts ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Royal Charter of 1670 → mainSubject → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Rupert's Land Act 1868 → relatedTo → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Rupert's Land Act 1868 → relatedTo → North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land Act 1868 → appliesToTerritory → North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
York Factory → administeredRegion → Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Prince Rupert, first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company → hasPart → Prince Rupert's Land (territory named in his honour) ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Sir John Rae → workLocation → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Sir John Rae → hasWork → The Arctic Regions and Hudson’s Bay Company’s Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Red River Resistance → location → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Columbia District → successor → Rupert's Land (for some administrative functions) ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Pemmican Proclamation → region → Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Battle of Seven Oaks → jurisdictionAtTime → Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Council of Assiniboia → country → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Council of Assiniboia → partOf → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Council of Assiniboia → partOf → Hudson's Bay Company territories in North America ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Fort Garry → partOf → Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
St. Andrews, Manitoba → historicalRegion → Rupert's Land ⓘ
subject linked to: St. Andrews
Cuthbert Grant → historicalRegion → Rupert's Land ⓘ
William MacTavish → workLocation → Rupert's Land ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor William MacTavish
William MacTavish → jurisdictionGoverned → Rupert's Land ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor William MacTavish
Elijah Harper → representedDistrict → Rupertsland ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Miles Macdonell → workLocation → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Miles Macdonell → residence → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Governor General of British North America → appliesToJurisdiction → North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
Fort Nelson → locatedIn → Rupert's Land ⓘ
Colonial Canada → includesSubperiod → Rupert's Land ⓘ
subject linked to: colonial Canada