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temperance colony Hist.

• one of a number of colonies established in the Northwest Territories (def. 1b) by persons subscribing to total abstinence.

  See also: Northwest Territories (def. 1b)  

  • 1882  Part of the Temperance Colony for the South Branch has arrived in Winnipeg.
  • 1883  A large number of the residents of Yorkville, Ont., leave for the North West this month, a few for the temperance colony, and others the pioneer company party of the Saskatchewan Homestead Company.
  • 1927  Saskatoon may claim its origin in a temperance colony with John N. Lake as its leader.