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Historic Photographs of Fort Chipewyan

February 1, 2024 Tyler Dixon

The North West Trading Company established a trading post on the southwest corner of Lake Athabasca in 1788. This post, named Fort Chipewyan after the Chipewyan people who were first living there, is the oldest […]

Vintage Photographs from Rocky Mountain House

September 16, 2021 Tyler Dixon

The Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, competing fur-trade entities, both established trading posts in 1799 near the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Clearwater Rivers, in what became known as Rocky Mountain […]