|  First Nations pre-historical history and First Nations History
 The first week of February is Archives week. In Celebration of this week, the provincial archives is hosts a number of events. In honour of Archives week, Historical photo blog and Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists - (SCAA)- Why an archives week" SCAA- Public Awareness - the previous year's Archive Week and plans for next year.
The SCAA archive week.
Saskatchewan archive week on facebook
Saskatchewan Celebrates Archival Treasures Archives week in February
Museums Association of Saskatchewan - Museum Events,
Archives week will be followed by Heritage week, the second week of February
Present-day Saskatchewan named Rupert's Land
Many of the early settlers in the 1800's came as traders or hunters. The North West Company was of French-Canadian extraction and traders arrived out west in Saskatchewan from EasternCanada via inland routes. The British (in 1670) had given Rupert's Land to the Hudson Bay Company whichgave the company dominion over lands where there was water passageway from the Hudson Bay. These traders arrived to the Saskatchewan area via Hudson Bay and then travelling westward. In 1774the first inland trading post (Cumberland House) was built in Saskatchewan. At this time northern Saskatchewan was settled as southern Saskatchewan had experienced drought like conditions duringearly explorer expeditions, and was considered a part of the US desert. This area is north of the tree line in the geo-physical shield area.
Saskatchewan part of the North West Territories
Canada became a nation in 1867. Saskatchewan didn't become a province of Canada until 1905, before this it was a part of the NorthWest Territories. The first Capital of the North West Territories was Fort Garry, Manitoba (1870 - 1876), followed by Fort Livingstone, Northwest Territories (1876 - 1877). The nearest community to Fort Livingstone is Pelly, Saskatchewan, and is also named Fort Pelly or Swan River. The next capital of the Northwest Territories wasFort Battleford, (1877 - 1883).The North West Territories was divided into provisional territories on May 8, 1882. The south provisional district was named Assiniboia (currently south Saskatchewan),The provisional district in central present-day Saskatchewan was named Saskatchewan andAthabaska was the provisional district of the North West Territories for the northern portionof present day Saskatchewan. Maps
Saskatchewan becoming a province of Canada.
In the late 1800's and early 1900's the railway and the Dominion Government of Canada wanted more settlers out west to unite Upper and Lower Canada -the eastern provinces of Canada with British Columbia. The rail lines didn't want to lay track over land with no settlement as it wasn'teconomically feasible. The demand for furs declined, the buffalo population declined, Saskatchewanstarted noticing the agricultural land capabilities in the middle and southern portions of the province, the drought was over. The population in Saskatchewan evolved from a trapping community a farming community. Settlement, towns and rail lines developed the plains, or prairies, south of the tree line. The site of Pile O' Bones or was chosen as the capital of the North West Territories in August 23, 1882, 1883. Regina remained the capital city of the province of Saskatchewan, the area now known as Saskatchewan joined Canada on September 1,1905.Immigrants were attracted to Saskatchewan by the Homestead Act which granted a quarter section or 160 acres to homesteaders if they could 'prove' the land in three years. The immigration pattern resulted in ethnic bloc settlements which are seen on these maps in the Atlas of Saskatchewan. This has been a short history of Saskatchewan, for a longer Saskatchewan Historical Timeline
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| Alexander Henry the Younger fonds : H-1955 at Canada Library and Archives LAC
From wikipedia; "Alexander Henry 'The Younger' (1765-22 May 1814), was an early Canadian fur trader, explorer and diarist. From 1799 until his premature death in 1814 he kept an extensive diary which is the most complete record ever printed of the daily life of a fur trader in the north. These journals cover everything that happened to him in a most matter-of-fact manner and have yielded much material for historians and other researchers of that time period in North American history. In 1792, with his well-known uncle of the same name, Henry became a partner in the North West Company and he was later a wintering partner of the XY Company and the Pacific Fur Company. His diaries record his travels from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean. In Canada, he travelled through Ontario, Manitoba, Assiniboia, Keewatin, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. "
CBC.ca Saskatchewan Centennial - Saskatchewan's story Timeline
Charles Napier Bell Fonds H1016 326 pages scanned by Canadiana.org from Canadian National Library and Archives. Bell went on the Wolseley Expeidtion to explore along the Saskatchewan River, reporting on wild game and bison while out west.
Civilization.ca Acres of Dreams: Canadian Prairie Timeline
Evolution of Education in Saskatchewan, One Room School House.
Saskatchewan One Room School House Project
Genealogy Time line - prepared by David Pickering.
RCMP Centennial Museum - RCMP Historical Timeline
Saskatchewan History Centennial Timeline 1905-2005:
Saskatoon Public School Divsion Online Learning Centre
Saskatchewan Historical Timeline
Saskatchewan Gen Web
Saskatchewan History Centennial Timeline Booklet
Timeline and Maps- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
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