CNHS - Fort Churchill ~ Churchill MB
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PeterNoG
N 58° 47.222 W 094° 12.086
15V E 430551 N 6516961
This Canadian National Historic plaque is dedicated to Fort Churchill. It's on a stone cairn at the Cape Merry Battery which is part of the Fort Prince of Wales CNHS.
Waymark Code: WM8VAH
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 05/15/2010
Views: 4
~ text from marker ~
Fort Churchill
The Danish explorer Jens Munk wintered across the river above this point in 1619-20. In 1689 the Hudson's Bay Company attempted to establish a post and whale fishery here, but it was only in 1717 that James Knight built a permanent wooden fort at Munk's wintering site. Between 1740 and 1782 the company occupied the stone Prince of Wales Fort on Eskimo Point; when the French destroyed the latter. Samuel Hearne rebuilt Fort Churchill on Knight's original site in 1783. The post operated throughout the 19th century, and with the completion of the Hudson Bay Railway in 1929 Churchill became Manitoba's only ocean port.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
1931
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Manitoba
Location - City name/Town name: Churchill
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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