| The area was part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. |
| It is important to emphasize that these rights protected not only the Métis members of the community, but all the settlers in the Northwest Territory. |
| John Franklin's crew perished west of King William Island, in what was known in 1847 as the Northwest Territory, now part of Nunavut. |
| Northwest Territory applicants will be contacted to make arrangements to complete the PARE at the appropriate stage in the application process. |
| Eliminating this uncertainty with regard to the ownership of the Northwest Territory and of Rupert's Land, before 1867, would also quell the fervour of American claims. |
| The fear of American expansionism then led Great Britain to favour the purchase, by Canada, of the Northwest Territory and Rupert's Land. |
