Fort McLeod

Fort McLeod is a National Historic Site of Canada in McLeod Lake, British Columbia.

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FORT MCLEOD In its search for unexploited fur resources the North West Company sent an expedition west of the Rockies to McLeod Lake in the spring of 1805. That fall Simon Fraser built Fort McLeod, the Nor’Westers’ first post in New Caledonia, as a base for extending operations west of the mountains. The post was designed to trade with the Sekani and to supply parties using the Peace River route to Athabasca. After 1821 the Hudson’s Bay Company retained Fort McLeod, which it kept open into the 20th century. It is now the site of the modern community of McLeod Lake.

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Au printemps de 1805, la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest envoya une expédition au lac McLeod, à la recherche de territoires inexploités. À l’automne, Simon Fraser fit ériger le fort McLeod, premier poste de la Compagnie en New Caledonia, pour étendre les opérations à l’ouest des Rocheuses. Le poste devait servir au commerce avec les Sékanis et à l’approvisionnement des groupes empruntant la rivière La Paix jusqu’à l’Athabasca. En 1821, la Compagnie de la Baie d’ Hudson acheta le poste, qu’elle exploita jusqu’au XXe siècle. C’est sur l’emplacement de ce poste que se dresse maintenant McLeod Lake.

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Fort McLeod

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