CNHS - Fort Dunvegan - Dunvegan, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 55° 55.376 W 118° 36.241
11U E 399766 N 6198664
Fort Dunvegan was one of Alberta's earliest fur trade posts constructed in 1878 at this location on the Peace River in Dunvegan, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMDB1W
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 12/17/2011
Views: 3
Text from the Plaque:
"Fort Dunvegan
Established in 1805 for the North West Company by Archibald Norman McLeod, Fort Dunvegan was named after the ancestral castle of the McLeods on the Island of Skye. For many years the most important post in the Peace River valley, it was a centre of the fur trade, a link in the chain of communication westward into British Columbia and the scene of early missionary enterprise and agricultural experiment. It was closed as a trading post in 1918."
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Alberta
Location - City name/Town name: Dunvegan, Alberta
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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