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Surrender of Rupert's Land
1870

This despatch indicating the surrender of Rupert's Land by the Hudson's Bay Company was received by the Governor General's office. A few weeks later Manitoba would be admitted into Confederation as Canada's fifth province. But it would not be an equal player with the other provinces, as it was not given control over its own natural resources (forests, minerals, water, and land settlement) for another 60 years.

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