Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Sandy Lake House (1)   NWC GMaps
ID: 627  Voorhis Number: 519 ;   Location: Ontario, Canada [50.01, -94.701] ;    Founded: pre 1820 , Closed: c.1880 .

A small post of the North West Co. in Winnipeg river on Sand lake (near Kenora). It was on the canoe route from Lake of the Woods to Fort Alexander on Winnipeg lake. It was named in the 1820 list of posts and was taken over by the Hudson's Bay Co. after the coalition 1821 and called Sandy Point House. It appears on the Company lists to 1872 and was probably closed about 1880.



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