Voorhis Interactive: Posts of the Trade

Capot River Fort   HBC GMaps
ID: 97  Voorhis Number: 85 ;   Location: Saskatchewan, Canada [52.323, -103.65] ;    Founded: pre 1832 , Closed: NA .

Hudson's Bay Co. post shown [on] Arrowsmith maps 1832, No. 101; 1850 No. 100; 1854 and 1857 (Nos. 8 & 77), on southeast shore of Nut lake, near source of Red Deer river, tributary to lake Winnipegoos. This was probably one of the early Swan River District forts. It was afterward moved to the small stream between Nut lake and Little Nut lake (Range XII & XI, Tp. 34). It is included in 1894 list of Hudson's Bay Co. forts and was mentioned in the 1892 Annual Report of Department of the Interior. It is sometimes called Nut Lake House and is shown on Johnston map 1894 (No. 37) (Capot is Copeau?)



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