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Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site
Lieu historique national Fort Prince-de-Galles
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Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site of Canada is a ruinous early 18th-century fur trade fortress built by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Surviving stone walls stand starkly silhouetted on the tundra along the shore of Hudson’s Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba. Seek the thrill of adventure in Churchill, Manitoba... and see the astonishing Prince of Wales Fort built 250 years ago on the bare, windswept coast of Hudson Bay. Get a real sense of a fur trader’s life in the subarctic. Le lieu historique national du Canada du Fort-Prince-de-Galles est une forteresse en ruines du début du XVIIIe siècle que la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson a construite pour y faire la traite des fourrures. Les murs de pierre subsistants se détachent de la toundra environnante sur la rive de la baie d'Hudson, à l'embouchure de la rivière Churchill, dans le nord du Manitoba. Vivez une aventure forte en émotions à Churchill au Manitoba. Découvrez l’impressionnant fort Prince-de-Galles, construit il y a 250 ans sur la côte dénudée de la baie d’Hudson balayée par les vents. Saisissez ce qu’était la vie des commerçants de fourrure des régions subarctiques. Source: Canada's Historic Places & Parks Canada Websites (2022) |
Established: 1920
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Documents
Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2011)
Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2024)
A Visit to Old Fort "Prince of Wales" on the Bay (Chris Harding, extract from The Beaver, Vol. 1 No. 6, March 1921)
An overview of the Hudson Bay marine ecosystem Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2586 (D.B. Stewart and W.L. Lockhart, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2005)
Building Fort Prince of Wales (Joseph Robson, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 274 March 1944)
La Perouse on Hudson Bay (R. Glover, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 281, March 1951)
On the Edge of a Frozen Sea: Prince of Wales' Fort, York Factory and the Fur Trade of Western Hudson Bay (Robert Coutts, Parks Canada, 1997)
Prince of Wales' Fort: A Social History 1717-1782 Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 371 (Michael Payne, Parks Canada, 1979)
Prince of Wales Fort in the 18th Century: An Analysis of Trade, Construction and Sloop Voyages Northward Manuscript Report Number/Travail Inédit Numéro 243 (Orysia J. Luchak, Parks Canada, 1978)
Prince of Wales's Fort: A Structural History Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 297 (George Ingram, Parks Canada, 1979)
Stone Sundial from Fort Prince of Wales Research Bulletin No. 193 (Lester A. Ross, Parks Canada, June 1983)
The Building of Fort Prince of Wales (Joseph Robson, excerpt from Manitoba Pageant, Vol. 12 No. 2, Winter 1967)
"The Healthiest Part in the Known World": Prince of Wales's Fort As Fur Trade Post and Community in the Eighteenth Century (Michael Payne, excerpt from MHS Transactions, Series 3 No. 35, 1978-89 season)
The Octagonal Stone Sundial from Fort Prince of Wales Research Bulletin No. 249 (John D. Light, Parks Canada, September 1986)
Western Canadian Fur Trade Sites and the Iconography of Public Memory (Michael B. Payne and C.J. Taylor, excerpt from Manitoba History, No. 46, Autumn/Winter 2003-2004)
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Last Updated: 01-Jan-2025