The ''Quebec Boundary Extension Act, 1898'' was an Act of the
Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada (french: Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the King, the Senate, and the House of Commons. By constitutional convention, ...
that expanded the territory of the province of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...
. The province's northern boundary was set along the eastern shore of
James Bay
James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost p ...
to the mouth of the
Eastmain River, north along the river, then due east to the
Hamilton River and down the river to the western boundary of
Labrador
, nickname = "The Big Land"
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Canada
, subdivision_type1 = Province
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.
The first of two such acts, a second Act was passed by the Parliament in 1912 and entitled the ''
Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912''. Together, these two expansions more than tripled the size of the Province of Quebec to what it is today.
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