Fort Assiniboine
Fort Assiniboine is located at the confluence of the Freeman and Athabasca rivers,
roughly 150 km northwest of Edmonton, Alberta; it was one of the first recorded fur-trade
sites, established in 1823-1824.1
- 1. Deborah Welch and Michael Payne, Fort Assiniboine, The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Mentions of this place in the documents
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Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15
April 1862, CO 60:13, no. 5571, 149.
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The Colonial Despatches: Assiniboine Portage
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Shaw, Norton to Merivale, Herman 18 March 1858, CO 6:26, no. 2680, 246.