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Far West
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 — Obs.
until about 1840, that part of Upper Canada now known as Western Ontario. See 1845 quote at def. 2.
Quotations
1836
Being in the "far West" at the time I cannot enter into the particulars.
1839
We regret to learn that many of our discontented inhabitants, still persist in selling out their properties, and running a wild goose chase in search of wealth and happiness in the "far west."
2
after about 1840, the territories west of Upper Canada, progressively Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, as settlement moved westward; in present-day use the term usually refers to the region west of the Prairies.
Quotations
1845
The Committee does not consider it out of order briefly to define in this place the term "Far-West," inasmuch as what was formerly known as such is not now even thought of in connexion with that term.
1914
This trade had gradually declined, so that the merchants were all the more anxious to establish permanent relations with the tribes in the Far West.
1949
To the native of the prairies Alberta is the far West; British Columbia the near East.