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== History ==
== History ==
A [[Hudson's Bay Company]] fur trading post and fort first established in 1869 at present day Fort Providence, Northwest Territories.
A [[Hudson's Bay Company]] fur trading post and fort first established in 1869 at present day Fort Providence, Northwest Territories.
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Latest revision as of 21:01, 7 January 2019

Fort Providence (4) (1869-1970+) - A Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post and fort first established in 1869 at present day Fort Providence, Northwest Territories. Closed sometime after 1970.

Fort Providence HBC Post 1920.

History

A Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post and fort first established in 1869 at present day Fort Providence, Northwest Territories.

Usher (below) indicates that the HBC trading post at Fort Providence was still open as of October 1970. It has since closed, with no stores operation under that name currently.

Closed sometime after 1970.

Fort Providence RCMP Post

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) established a post here probably in the 1920s.

Current Status

Unknown.


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Location: Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, Canada. Map point is approximate.

Maps & Images

Lat: 61.35198 Long: -117.65261

See Also:

Sources:

  • HBC Archives - Fort Providence, post B.333, records (1871-1907)
  • Voorhis, Ernest, comp., Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French regime and of the English Fur Trading Companies, Dept.of the Interior, Ottawa, Pdf, page 142.
  • Usher, Peter J., Fur Trade Posts of the Northwest Territories, Northern Science Research Group, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, 1971, Pdf, page 60 (map), 61, 63, 178.

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