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Northwestern Territory Hist. 
the vast region north and west of Lake Superior, as known by the fur traders and explorers.
See also: Northwest (def. 1a)
- 1953 Lying to the north and west of Rupert's Land, as the Hudson's Bay Company domain was called, was an immense tract generally referred to as the North-Western Territory. This the Hudson's Bay Company had held under lease from the British government from 1821 to 1859.
- 1953 Lying to the north and west of Rupert's Land, as the Hudson's Bay Company domain was called, was an immense tract generally referred to as the North-Western Territory. This the Hudson's Bay Company had held under lease from the British government from 1821 to 1859.