Fort Edmonton
Fort Edmonton was established, in its first of several incarnations, along the Northern
Saskatchewan River in 1795 by the HBC. The final fort was dismantled in 1915, an area now part of Fort Edmonton Park in
southwest Edmonton, Alberta.
1. Jan Switzer, Fort Edmonton ,The Canadian Encyclopedia .
2. Ibid.
Mentions of this place in the documents
Pembina River McMicking Thomas Grant, Richard Rae, Doctor John Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 31 January
1859, CO 6:30, no. 1127, 299. Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15 April 1862, CO 60:13, no. 5571, 149. Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 October 1862, CO 60:13, no. 12259, 426.
The Colonial Despatches Team.
Fort Edmonton. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871 , Edition 2.5, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria.
https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/fort_edmonton.html .
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