District of Assiniboia, 1882 - Walsh, AB
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jiggs11
N 49° 57.335 W 110° 00.330
12U E 571337 N 5534166
Heritage Marker recounting the division of the District of Assiniboia in 1905.
Waymark Code: WM139Y9
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 10/22/2020
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AB Heritage Marker located at the Alberta/Saskatchewan border recounting the division of the NWT's District of Assiniboia when AB and SK became Canadian provinces in 1905.
The marker text reads:
DISTRICT OF
ASSINIBOIA, 1882
To the east of this cairn
lies the old District of
Assiniboia of the North West
Territories.
When,in 1905 when Alberta and
Saskatchewan both became
provinces in the growing
Dominion of Canada, the
District of Assiniboia was
absorbed in the main by
Saskatchewan and in part
by Alberta.
Province of Alberta
Type of Marker: Could be Classified as Both
Sign Age: Older Alberta Tourism Marker Style
Parking: Free, almosr right next to marker.
Placement agency: Province of Alberta
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