Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Fort Ellice   HBC GMaps
ID: 185  Voorhis Number: 155 ;   Location: Manitoba, Canada [50.4099, -101.287] ;    Founded: post 1821 , Closed: NA .

Hudson's Bay Co. fort on Assiniboine river about 5 miles below mouth of Qu'Appelle river. Built soon after the coalition of 1821. In 1862 it had declined to a "lone habitation", trade having disappeared. Its only purpose for some time had been to supply pemmican and dried meat to brigades and northern posts. It was included in the 1869 list of forts but was discontinued soon after. It was sometimes called "Beaver Creek Post". Shown Map Macoun 1882 and its site on Sectional Sheet No. 121.



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