Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Hudson's House (1)   HBC GMaps
ID: 272  Voorhis Number: 228 ;   Location: Saskatchewan, Canada [53.15, -106.25] ;    Founded: pre 1790 , Closed: NA .

A small Hudson's Bay Co. post built by Turner, surveyor for the Company, in 1776 and shown on his map 1790 (No. 106) on left bank of North Saskatchewan river about 80 miles above the Forks, in Section 32 Township 46 Range 3 west of 3rd. Meridian, about 4 miles north of Silver Grove. It was located 280 miles above Cumberland House of which it constituted an outpost and was then the uppermost settlement on the Saskatchewan River. Thompson was there in 1786, 1788 and 1794 and Henry Jr. in 1808. This house was occupied for some years.



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