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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2009
The centennial of the Province of Manitoba is something more than a centenarian's birthday. For the truth was that Manitoba, unlike the North-West Territories, which came into existence at the same time, had no good reason for coming into being in 1870. The administration of a territory might have been possible with the resources of the day. but the administration of a province certainly was not.
† Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory were transferred to Canada in 1870. They were then designated the North-West Territories. The spelling was changed to Northwest Territories in 1906. Ed.