Fort Chipewyan

Fort Chipewyan is a National Historic Site of Canada in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta.

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FORT CHIPEWYAN Headquarters for “the famed Athabasca, the delight and school of the North”, Fort Chipewyan was once the richest trading post in North America. The original fort, from which Alexander Mackenzie set out on his journeys to the Arctic and Pacific, was built by his cousin, Roderic McKenzie, across the lake on Old Fort Point in 1788. In About 1800 the North West Company moved the post to this shore, from which it dominated the northern trade. After 1821, under the management of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Fort Chipewyan continued to play a major role in the fur trade for over a century.

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Le fort Chipewyan, siège de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest dans la région de l’Athabasca, fut jadis le poste de traite le plus riche de l’Amérique du Nord. Roderic McKenzie érigea le premier fort en 1788, de l’autre côté du lac à la pointe Old Fort. Son cousin, Alexander Mackenzie, y entreprit ses voyages vers l’Arctique et le Pacifique. Vers 1800, les conditions du marché entraînèrent le déménagement du poste de ce coté du lac. Pendant plus d’un siècle après 1821, date de sa cession à la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson, le fort continua de jouer un rôle important dans la traite des pelleteries.

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Fort Chipewyan

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