▁Qu ' App elle ▁Valley , ▁pop lar ▁bl uff s ▁and ▁sl ough s . ▁ ▁Qu ' App elle ▁had ▁at ▁one ▁stage ▁been ▁cred ibly ▁anticip ated ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁major ▁met ro pole ▁of ▁the ▁North - West ▁Territ ories ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁and ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁( since ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁the ▁Ang lic an ▁Church ▁of ▁Canada ). ▁It ▁was ▁under ▁serious ▁consideration ▁by ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁as ▁district ▁headquarters ▁of ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Ass in ib o ia ▁and ▁territorial ▁headquarters ▁of ▁the ▁North - West ▁Territ ories . ▁The ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁had ▁in ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁Qu ' App elle ' s ▁future ▁urban ▁importance ▁designated ▁it ▁the ▁c athedral ▁city ▁for ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Qu ' App elle , ▁which ▁ge ograph ically ▁correspond ed ▁precisely ▁to ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Ass in ib o ia ▁in ▁the ▁North - West ▁Territ ories . ▁ ▁Political ▁events , ▁however , ▁passed ▁Qu ' App elle ▁entirely ▁by ▁when ▁Lieutenant - G overn or ▁Ed gar ▁D ew d ney ▁selected ▁the ▁locale ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁land hold ings ▁at ▁P ile - O - B ones ▁( then ▁renamed ▁" R egin a " ▁by ▁Princess ▁Louise , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Queen ▁Victoria , ▁when ▁her ▁husband ▁John ▁Campbell , ▁Mar qu ess ▁of ▁Lor ne ▁was ▁Governor ▁General ) ▁as ▁his ▁Territ orial ▁capital : ▁Qu ' App elle ' s ▁significance ▁other ▁than ▁in ▁historical ▁terms ▁then