District of Athabasca

{{short description|Regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories (1882-1905)}}

{{Infobox former subdivision

|conventional_long_name = District of Athabasca

|subdivision = District

|nation = North-West Territories

|today = Alberta, Saskatchewan

|year_start = 1882

|year_end = 1905

|image_map = Manitoba and Northwest Territories (1900).jpg

|image_map_caption = 1900 map showing boundaries of Athabasca.

}}

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The District of Athabasca was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. It was formed in 1882, was later enlarged, and then abolished with the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan (its central-eastern part) and Alberta (western part) in 1905.{{Citation

|publisher = Brown Chamberlin Law Printer (for Canada)

|isbn =

|location = Ottawa

|title =Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rgQvAAAAIAAJ&q=8%20May%201882%20provisional%20districts&pg=PR18

|author =

|date = 1886

|id =

}}{{Citation | last1 = Fung, Professor of Geography, University of Saskatchewan. | first1 =Dr. K.I. | last2 =Richards | first2 =J. Howard | title =Evolution-boundaries-1882: (1969). Atlas of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon: Modern Press. | url =http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/maps/evolution-boundaries-1882.html | accessdate = 2007-10-12}} The very easternmost part is now within Manitoba.