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Dease lake Fort   HBC GMaps
ID: 161  Voorhis Number: 133 ;   Location: British Columbia, Canada [58.458, -130.037] ;    Founded: 1838 , Closed: c.1870 .

Hudson's Bay Co. post on south end (head) of Dease lake B. C., source of Dease river. Built by Robert Campbell 1838. This fort was soon burned by Indians, but was rebuilt after the fire. Does not appear on the company lists of forts later than 1856 until 1925, and appears to have been closed from about 1870 to 1910. Shown on map of Alaska &c, 1897 (No. 84) and Arrowsmith 1857 (No. 8).



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