Red River Colony
Red River Colony From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Red River colony ) Jump to navigation Jump to search 1811–1870 British colony in modern Canada Red River Colony British colony 1811–1870 Flag Selkirk's land grant Capital Upper Fort Garry History Government • Type Colony Governor • 1812–1815 Miles Macdonell • 1859–1870 William MacTavish History • Established 1811 • Disestablished July 15 1870 Preceded by Succeeded by Rupert's Land Canada Manitoba Missouri Territory The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement ) was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk , on 300,000 square kilometres (