MHM - Pembina - Emerson Area (East of Emerson)
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Pembian-Emerson Area Plaque, Site of the Hudson's Bay Co, North-West Co and XY Co
Waymark Code: WMBZ2C
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 07/06/2011
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This plaque is located near the USA/Canada Border Crossing between Pembina, USA and Emerson Canada.
Marker Name: Pembina - Emerson Area
Agency: The Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba
Languages: English
Location:
Fort Daer, Emerson Manitoba.
On the corner of Lord Selkirk Hwy 75 & Sherwood Ave
Marker Text:
After 1790 the junction of the Red and Pembina Rivers was the site of fur-trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Co., North-West Co., and XY Co. Here at Fort Daer the early Selkirk Settlers hunted buffalo when food was scarce at the Red River Settlement. In 1874 a townsite was laid out on the east side of the Red River, just north of the international boundary. It was named after the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, and incorporated in 1879. The village of West Lynne, established by the Hudson's Bay Co. hoping to settle the land near their post at Pembina, united with Emerson in 1883.
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