Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Fort Lac la Ronge   HBC GMaps
ID: 339  Voorhis Number: 280 ;   Location: Saskatchewan, Canada [55.23, -104.6] ;    Founded: c. 1790 , Closed: NA .

The first fort on lac La Ronge was built by Peter Pond for the North West Co. in 1781 on the west shore of the lake as shown on Pond's map of 1785 (No. 82), Simon Fraser wintered there 1795-6 and Thompson was there in 1798.

The Hudson's Bay Co. fort was built about 1790 or 1800 at the north end of the lake. Shown on Arrowsmith maps 1832 (No. 101), 1850 (No. 100) and 1857 (No. 8). This fort was superseded by Rapid River fort before 1860, about 15 to 20 miles distant.

The H.B. Co. also operate a post on Big Stone lake about 5 miles beyond the outlet of Lac La Ronge known as Lac La Ronge post, shown on map of 1895 (No. 41).



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