Talk:Rupert's Land

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I removed "Ruprecht's Land" from the article, as a cursory search turned up no hints for the term. I am guessing the person who included did so because Prince Rupert of the Rhine was Ruprecht von der Pfalz to the Germans, and therefore concluded Rupert's Land must also have called Ruprecht's Land. But I find no evidence that this is true in English. It's not enough to say that the person's names were the same, therefore it applied to the land as well. -- Decumanus 17:24, 2005 May 17 (UTC)

[edit] Cost?

Does anyone know how much it was sold to Canada for? I remember learning it in high school. Considering it was the largest real estate deal in history, perhaps it's a good thing to know how much money was spent. - Darkhawk (11 Mar, 2006 @ 13:49 EST)

Rupert's Land Act of 1868, £300,000.00 (in 1870-value pound sterling). --chris 21:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

it was sold to canada for £300,000.00 not that much in todays standards