Rupert's Land
(亦作Prince Rupert's Land)
- a historical region of northern and western Canada, roughly corresponding to what is now Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alberta, and the southern part of the Northwest Territories. It was originally granted in 1670 by Charles Ⅱ to the Hudson's Bay Company and named after Prince Rupert, the first governor of the Company; it was purchased by Canada in 1870.鲁珀特王子地(加拿大北部和西部的一个历史地区, 大致相当于现在的马尼托巴省、萨斯喀彻温省、育空地区、艾尔伯塔省, 以及西北地区的南部; 原为查理二世1670年授予哈得孙湾公司的领地, 以公司第一任总管鲁珀特亲王的名字命名; 该地1870年被加拿大购买)。