• No_Maines_Land
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    1 day ago

    That image is the district of Alberta. Alberta joined confederation looking like it does now by combining woth the district of Athabaska.

    1905 – The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are created out of the districts of Athabaska, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Assiniboia; the District of Keewatin is transferred to the newly defined Northwest Territories

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      True, same is true for Quebec if you check the 1905 map, however what they would get upon separation would be somewhat similar to the yellow portion here, though I think some of the northern part of that yellow portion they lose as well.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Quebec

      My point being, there’s a strong likelyhood they would not walk away with the whole province.

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        It’s not the same as Québec because they joined in 1867.

        The big point is that the “borders at the time of joining confederation” would give them the whole slice. Thiugh I agree it is unlikely they get the whole slice, and the entire thing would be a protracted international legal battle with border disputes for decades.