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Livingston's Fort   NWC GMaps
ID: 377  Voorhis Number: 314 ;   Location: Northwest Territories, Canada [61.4, -120.25] ;    Founded: 1796 , Closed: NA .

North West Co. fort on right bank of Mackenzie river, 80 miles north of Great Slave lake and about 16 miles downstream from mouth of Trout river, 61°27'N. Built by Duncan Livingston for the Co. in 1796. Was the first fort built on the Mackenzie river north of Great Slave lake. Livingston and his men were murdered by Esquimaux. This fort is mentioned in Wentzel's Letters (Masson vol. 1). It is marked "Old Fort" on Arrowsmith map 1832 (No. 101) also on map of Topographical Survey 1923 (No. 25).



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