Frontier

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Canadian frontier

The pattern of settlement of the Canadian frontier was quite different from in the United States. The settlement began considerably later with 1896 generally considered the start date of significant settlement on the Prairies. This was after the best land had been taken in the United States and the Canadian frontier became known as the Last Best West. This delay, and the different political culture, helped make the Canadian frontier a very different place.

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1896 - Last Best West

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Before settlers began to arrive the North West Mounted Police was dispatched to the region. When settlers began to arrive a system of law and order was already in place and the lawlessness and anarchy for which the American "Wild West" was famed did not occur in Canada. Before settlers arrived the federal government also sent teams of negotiators to meet with the Native peoples of the region. In a series of treaties the basis for peaceful relations was established and the long wars with the Natives that occurred in the United States largely did not spread to Canada.

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