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1600's - 1700's
  • (1679) Hudson Bay Company given exclusive rights in Rupert's Land, including most of Alberta
  • (1754) Anthony Henday, first European arrives
  • (1778) Peter Pond expedition set up trading posts
  • (1788) Permanent trading posts established in Peace River district
  • (1792) Fort George built by North West Company
  • (1795) Fort Edmonton built
1800's
  • (1803) U. S. bought part of Alberta in Louisiana Purchase
  • (1821) North West Company, Hudson Bay Company merged, created fur trade monopoly covering one-quarter of North America 
  • (1837) Two-thirds of Blackfoot Indians died from smallpox epidemic 
  • (1843) Father Thibault established mission
  • (1857) Captain John Palliser commissioned by British Government to explore Canadian West
  • (1867) British North American Act created Dominion of Canada
  • (1869) Hudson Bay Company sold Rupert's Land to Dominion of Canada; Crowfoot became chief of Blackfoot tribe
  • (1872) Free homestead of 160 acres offered due to passage of Dominion Act 
  • (1874) 49th Parallel surveyed
  • (1876) Treaty No. 6 signed - Crees and Assiniboine surrendered lands in central Alberta to government
  • (1877) Treaty No. 7 - Blackfoot, Blood, Peigan, Sarcee, Tsuu, Stoney indians ceded lands in southern Alberta to government 
  • (1881) Commercial ranching began in foothills, annual leases offered for one cent per acre 
  • (1882) Northwest Territories divided into four districts: Alberta, Assiniboia East, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan; Provisional District of Alberta created
  • (1883) Canadian Pacific Railway reached Calgary
  • (1887) Government set land aside near Banff, established first National Park
  • (1896) Western Settlement Campaign brought many immigrants to Alberta 
  • (1899) Beaver, Chipewyan, Cree, Slavey indians ceded lands in northern Alberta to government

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