Fort St. James National Historic Site of Canada is
a former fur trade post located in the village of Fort St. James at the
southern tip of Stuart Lake, British Columbia. It is a restored compound
located beside a lake between the Nak’azkli First Nations Reserve and
the business district of the village. The site includes buildings,
archaeological resources and reconstructed components.
Tour Canada’s largest collection of wooden
buildings faithfully restored to the fur trade era. Meet and talk to
site interpretive staff in period costume. Take a self guided audio
tour, dine at the Home Stretch Diner and don't miss the chicken races!
Travel back to 1896 when wealth was measured in fur
pelts and salmon, the natural bounty bartered by the Carrier First
Nations and European fur traders at Fort St. James. Tour Canada’s
largest collection of wooden buildings faithfully restored to the fur
trade era. Visit the historic Murray house warmed by a wood stove and
memories of the family who lived here more than a century ago.
Le Lieu historique national du Canada du Fort-St.
James est un ancien poste de traite situé dans le village de Fort St.
James, à l'extrémité sud du lac Stuart en Colombie-Britannique. Ce
complexe restauré est établi sur la rive d'un lac, entre la réserve des
Premières nations Nak'azkli et le quartier d'affaires du village. Le
site comprend des bâtiments, des ressources archéologiques et des
éléments reconstruits.
Visitez le plus important groupe de bâtiments en
bois du Canada, restaurés conformément au style de l’époque de la traite
des fourrures. Rencontrez et discutez avec les interprètes du lieu en
costume d’époque. Faites une visite audio autoguidée, offrez-vous un
repas au restaurant The Home Stretch Diner, et ne manquez pas d’assister
aux courses de poulets!
Remontez jusqu’en 1896, alors que la Première
Nation des Porteurs et les commerçants européens troquaient fourrures et
saumons au fort St. James et que ces ressources naturelles abondantes
étaient signe de richesse. Visitez le plus important groupe de bâtiments
en bois du Canada, restaurés conformément au style de l’époque de la
traite des fourrures. Visitez la résidence historique des Murray,
chauffée au poêle à bois et où vous attendent des souvenirs rappelant la
famille qui y a habité il y a plus d’un siècle.
Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)
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Established: 1948
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British Columbia Columbie-Britannique
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Brochures
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Documents
Management Documents
Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2013)
Management Plan (Draft) / Plan directeur (Ébauche) (Parks Canada, 2023)
Management Plan / Plan directeur (Parks Canada, 2024)
State of the Site Assessment / Évaluation de l'état du lieu (Alan Fehr, Parks Canada, June 13, 2022)
Historical Documents
An Attempt to Visit Fort St. James (James McCook, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 268:2, September 1937)
Fact Sheet/Fiche d'information: Simon Fraser Signature Rock / La Signature de Simon Fraser un Rocher (Parks Canada)
Fort St. James (Robert Watson, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 259:3, December 1928)
Fort St. James 1806-1914: A Century of Fur Trade on Stuart Lake Microfiche Report Series 367 (Parks Canada, 1988)
Fort St. James: Costuming and Animation Microfiche Report Series No. 85 (Great Plains Research Consultants, Parks Canada, 1983)
Heritage Character Statements / Énoncés de valeur patrimoniale, Fort St. James National Historic Site
Fish Cache / Grenier à poisson (FHBRO No. 89-113, March 10, 1994, Canadian Register of Historic Places)
General Warehouse / Entrepôt général (FHBRO No. 89-113, March 10, 1994, Canadian Register of Historic Places)
Men's House / Logement des employés (FHBRO No. 89-113, March 2002, Canadian Register of Historic Places)
Officer's Dwelling House / Logement de l'officier (FHBRO No. 89-113, March 2002, Canadian Register of Historic Places)
Historic Forts and Trading Posts of the French regime and the English Fur Trading Companies (Ernest Voorhis, comp., Department of the Interior, 1930)
Myth-Making at Fort St. James (Frieda Esau Klippenstein, extract from The Beaver, Outfit 74:4, August-September 1994)
The 1971 Excavations at Fort St. James (Donald A. Harris) / Environmental Study of Fort St. James (Donald J. Norris) Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 77 (Parks Canada, 1972)
The Archaeological Excavations at the Site of Fort St. James, British Columbia, 1972 Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 228 (Donald A. Harris, Parks Canada, 1974)
The Architecture of the Western Canadian Fur Trade: A Cultural-Historical Perspective (Henry W. Pyszczyk, extract from Bulletin (Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada), Vol. 17 Issue 2, 1992)
The Cordilleran Communication: The Brigade System of the Far Western Fur Trade (©Kenneth Cornaby Favrholdt, Master's Thesis University of British Columbia, April 1997)
The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia (formerly New Caledonia) (1660 to 1880) (A.G. Morice, 1906)
The Role of the Carrier Indians in the Fur Trade at Fort St. James, 1806-1915: A Report from Historical and Anthropological Sources Microfiche Report Series No. 526 (Freida Esau Klippenstein, Parks Canada, 1992)
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)
Xplorers / Xplorateurs (Parks Canada)
Books/Livres
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sampling of the books which have been published for this park.
ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for
informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able
to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.
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Fort St. James and New Caledonia: Where British Columbia Began Marie Elliott 2009
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