The Adjacent Territories Order was a British order in council issued in 1880 to transfer the ownership of most of the remaining lands in British North America (British Arctic Territories) to the Dominion of Canada.[1] This excluded the Newfoundland Colony, which joined Canada in 1949.[2]
The lands transferred were assigned to the North-West Territories and consolidated the Arctic region with land ceded from the Hudson's Bay Company (North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land).[3]
- ^ "Adjacent Territories Order". 31 July 1880. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Rothwell, Donald. "The Canadian-U.S. Northwest Passage Dispute: A Reassessment" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Cornell University. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Smith, Gordon. "The Transfer of Arctic Territories from Great Britain to Canada in 1880, and some Related Matters, as seen in Official Correspondence" (PDF). caid.ca. Christian Aboriginal Infrastructure Developments. Retrieved 26 December 2020.