Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Sturgeon River house   HBC GMaps
ID: 663  Voorhis Number: 551 ;   Location: Ontario, Canada [46.3386, -79.976] ;    Founded: post 1821 , Closed: c.1890 .

North West Co. post near the mouth of Sturgeon river (lake Nipissing) about four miles below the village of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. It was operated by the Hudson's Bay Co. after the coalition of 1821 and finally abandoned about 1890. This post carried on an active trade with the Indians of lake Temiscamingue district until the C.P. R'y. was opened. Map No. 123.



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