Jasper House - Jasper, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 53° 08.755 W 117° 58.631
11U E 434643 N 5888948
Jasper House was a fur trade post of the Hudson Bay Company near Jasper, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WM90Q5
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 06/09/2010
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Text from the plaque:
"In 1813 the North West Company built Rock Mountain House on Brulé Lake as a provision depot for brigades crossing the Athabasca Pass to the Pacific. When Jasper Hawes took command of the post in 1817 it became known as “Jasper’s House” to avoid confusion with Rocky Mountain House on the Saskatchewan. The Hudson’s Bay Company moved Jasper House up river to this site in 1829, but by mid-century decreasing traffic over the pass sent the post into decline. When Paul Kane was here in 1846 this was a remote outpost commanded by Colin Fraser, George Simpson’s former piper. A half-century later Jasper House was finally closed."
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Alberta
Location - City name/Town name: Jasper
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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