(Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) An enormous territory called Rupert's Land was up for sale. It encompassed almost eight million square kilometers, including most of the prairies ...
According to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, the land where the NWT sits was once known as 'Rupert's Land' ...
On March 20, 1869, Canada bought a vast area of land from the Hudson's Bay Company. The territory known as Rupert's Land included parts of what are now northern Quebec, northern Ontario and ...