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Your ancestors’ lives will be more interesting if you learn about the history they may have been part of. For example, in a history you might learn about the events that occurred the year your great-grandparents were married. | Your ancestors’ lives will be more interesting if you learn about the history they may have been part of. For example, in a history you might learn about the events that occurred the year your great-grandparents were married. | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
'''1670''': Today’s Saskatchewan was a part of the territory given to the Hudson’s Bay Company. The early history of this province was linked closely to the fur trade. | *'''1670''': Today’s Saskatchewan was a part of the territory given to the Hudson’s Bay Company. The early history of this province was linked closely to the fur trade. | ||
*'''1774: '''Cumberland House, the first trading post, was established by the Hudson’s Bay Company. | |||
'''1774: '''Cumberland House, the first trading post, | *'''1821: '''North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company were united. | ||
*'''1870: '''Rupert’s Land was bought from the Hudson’s Bay Company and organized into the Northwest Territories. | |||
'''1821: '''North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company | *'''1875: '''The territories were organized under the federal government. | ||
*'''1882: '''The southern region of the Northwest Territories was divided into four districts; two were named Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. They covered the southern half of today’s Saskatchewan. | |||
'''1870: '''Rupert’s Land bought from the Hudson’s Bay Company and organized into the Northwest Territories. | *'''1882: '''North West Mounted Police headquartered at Regina. | ||
*'''1885: '''Northwest Rebellion outbreak was headed by Louis Riel. | |||
'''1875: '''The territories | *'''1885: '''The Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed. Many immigrants began to settle in southern Saskatchewan. | ||
*'''1899: '''More than seven thousand Doukhobors from the Crimea immigrated into southern Saskatchewan. | |||
'''1882: '''The southern region of the Northwest Territories was divided into four districts; two were named Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. They covered the southern half of today’s Saskatchewan. | *'''1905: '''The Province of Saskatchewan was formed as part of the Dominion of Canada. | ||
*'''1907: '''University of Saskatchewan was founded in Saskatoon. | |||
'''1882: '''North West Mounted Police headquartered at Regina. | *'''1930:''' Saskatchewan acquired control over its natural resources. | ||
*'''1932-33: '''The CCF Party was formed. | |||
'''1885: '''Northwest Rebellion outbreak. | *1946: The first public hospitalization plan in Canada is enacted in Saskatchewan. | ||
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'''1885: '''The Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed. Many immigrants began to settle in southern Saskatchewan. | |||
'''1899: '''More than seven thousand Doukhobors from the Crimea immigrated into southern Saskatchewan. | |||
'''1905: '''The Province of Saskatchewan was formed. | |||
'''1907: '''University of Saskatchewan | |||
== Historical Sources == | == Historical Sources == | ||