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CH-0087 · RESEARCH DRAFT

Arctic Archipelago transferred to Canada

1880 · Dating precision: year

Britain transferred the Arctic islands to Canadian administration in 1880, a major missing northern map frame.

Not publication-ready. An imperial transfer does not erase Inuit occupation, governance or rights.

Historical place
Arctic
Present-day context
Unknown — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
Peoples named in this record
Inuit, British Crown, Canadian government
Review state
source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
Catalogue updated
French text
Translation pending; English research text shown.

Map context

Generalized political reference for 1880
Preceding available snapshot: 1880. This is not exact event-date geometry; within-year commencement is unresolved.

Source evidence