British Northwest

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the territories to the west and north of the old province of Upper Canada, north of the U.S. border.

Quotations

1881

From this time there existed in Canada a desire to annex the British North West. . . .

1952

It had become evident to him . . . that the Americans would do anything "short of war" to acquire the British Northwest.