Seat of the Territorial Government - Le Siège de L'Administration des Territoires 1876-1878
N 51° 54.226 W 101° 57.452
14U E 296550 N 5754469
This is located North of town of Pelly, in the Fort Livingstone National Historic Site.
Waymark Code: WMQAPV
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 01/24/2016
Views: 1
As the Plaque Reads:
Seat of the Territorial Government- Le Siège de L'Administration des Territoires 1876-1878
In October 1876 Battleford was designated as capital of the North-West Territories. While Accommodation was being prepared, Fort Livingtone, until August of that same year headquarters of the Mounted Police, was chosen as temporary seat of Government. Here, 27 November 1876, Lieutenant-Governor David Laird and his Council were sworn in, and here the Council first sat on 8 March 1877. By order in council the capital was formally transferred to Battleford on 2 February 1878.
Après avoir décidé en 1875 de créer un siège pour l'administration de Territoires, on choisit Battleford comme capitale l'année suivante. En attendant d'y avoir les bâtiments requis, on utilisa les casernes récemment désaffectées par la Police à cheval du Nord-Ouest au fort Livingstone. C'est là qu'eurent lieu l'assermentation du lieutenant-gouverneur David Laird et de son conseil le 27 novembre 1876, et la première session du conseil le 8 mars 1877. Un décret du conseil ordonna le transfert de la capitale à Battleford le 2 février 1878.
Historic Sites and Monunments of Canada.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Marker type: Plaque on Cairn
Marker placement date: Not listed
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