Athabaska, Northwest Territories (1881–1901)

Athabaska was a census subdivision in Northwest Territories, recorded in 2 censuses between 1881 and 1901.

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from The Unorganized Territories in 1901
• split off from NO DATA in 1881

Descendant places

• later split into Peace River District in 1911
• later split into Fond du Lac I R in 1911
• later split into Pound Maker I R in 1911
• later split into Lac la Loche I R in 1911
• later split into English River I R in 1911
• later split into Buffalo River I R in 1911
• later split into Isle a la Crosse I R in 1911
• later split into Isle a la Crosse I R in 1911
• later split into Barren Land I R in 1911
• later split into Stanley I R in 1911
• later split into Deer Lake and Forks I R in 1911
• later split into Sucker Point I R in 1911
• later split into Pelican Narrows I R in 1911
• later split into Canoe River I R in 1911
• later split into Canoe Lake I R in 1911
• later split into Clear Lake I R in 1911

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NT206001 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.