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Northwestern Territory
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
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1953
Lying to the north and west of Rupert's Land, as the Hudson's Bay Company domain was called, was an immense tract generally referred to as the North-Western Territory. This the Hudson's Bay Company had held under lease from the British government from 1821 to 1859.