The District of Assiniboia was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. It was disolved with the creation of the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905. A former territory in the United States is called Northwest Territory. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th) - Land 591,670 km² - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Assiniboia was to have stretched from near the Red River to the Canadian Rockies.
The territorial capital of Regina was located in Assiniboia and, on the formation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, became the capital of the province.
The District of Assiniboia survived in its original geographical configuration as the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle until the 1970s when the portion of the Diocese (and former District of Assiniboia) lying within the province of Alberta was ceded to the Diocese of Calgary.
Of the four provisional districts which comprise the organized territory of the Canadian Northwest, viz: Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Athabasca, Alberta is undoubtedly the "banner" district of the four.
Between thirty and forty thousand square miles of the district are admirably suitable to mixed farming, a branch of agriculture which can be pursued with great profit owing to the shortness and comparative mildness of the winters and the excellent grasses.
Edmonton is situated on the north branch of the Saskatchewan in the center of a rich farming district, and McLeod is situated in the center of the rich grazing country before described.
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