Category: Northwest Territories

Pages with category: Northwest Territories

the Arctic 1825

Anglo-Russian Convention

Britain and the United States...

the Arctic 1859

Amur Acquisition

Russian expeditions and settlers had...

North America 1870

Rupert’s Land Act

Canada quickly expanded as Britain...

the Arctic 1870

Rupert's Land Act

The threat posed by the Alaska...

the Arctic 1875

Treaty of Saint Petersburg

While the Canadians were expanding...

North America 1876

Great Sioux War

In 1874, gold was discovered in the...

the Arctic 1882

First International Polar Year

By the 1870s polar exploration was...

the Arctic 1892

Opening up Greenland

For more than a century, Denmark's...

the Arctic 1898

Klondike Gold Rush

On 16 August 1896 gold was...

the Arctic 1905

Norwegian Independence

After more than ninety years of...

North America 1907

Nicaragua–Honduras War

Central American instability came to...

North America 1907

Great White Fleet

In 1902-03, Britain, Germany and...