Rupert's Land

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. What is the territorial grant date?1670
2. What is the governing entity?Hudson's Bay Company
3. What was Rupert's Land and why was it called that?Rupert's Land was a huge area given to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670. It was named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the company's first governor.
4. How did the Hudson's Bay Company use Rupert's Land to trade furs?The company built trading posts like York Factory to meet Indigenous traders. It had a monopoly on trade in the Hudson Bay watershed, which helped it dominate the fur trade.

Royal Charter: An official document from a monarch granting rights or powers to a person or company.
Quasi-governmental Entity: An organization that functions like a government in certain aspects, even if not officially one.
Watershed: An area of land where all surface water converges to a single point, such as a river, lake, or ocean.
Dominion of Canada: The name for Canada after it became a self-governing nation within the British Empire in 1867.