Fort Collinson

Fort Collinson

Fort Brabant
Fort Collinson Fort Brabant
Trading post
	Fort Collinson
	Coordinates: 71°37′02″N 117°52′09″W / 71.61722°N 117.86917°W
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Region	Inuvik
Built	1928
Closed	1939
Founded by	Hudson's Bay Company
Named for	Richard Collinson

Fort Collinson was a trading post operated by the Hudson's Bay Company (Post Number B.405)^[2] located on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is situated on the Prince Albert Peninsula on the north side of Walker Bay, just north of Minto Inlet.^[3]

Previously known as Fort Brabant,^[4] the post opened in 1928 when it was moved from its prior location at Alaervik on the north side of Prince Albert Sound.^[3]^[5]

Named in honour of Sir Richard Collinson, an English naval officer and explorer of the Arctic, the post closed in 1939 when it was transferred to Holman, now Ulukhaktok.^[3]^[5]

References

^ "Fort Collinson". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ "Hudson's Bay Company Archives". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Condon, Richard G. (1988). Inuit Youth: Growth and Change in the Canadian Arctic. Volume 1 of "Adolescents in a changing world". Rutgers University Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8135-1364-2.
^ Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Collinson
^ ^a ^b Condon, Richard G. (1996). The Northern Copper Inuit: A History. University of Toronto Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-8020-0849-7. Fort Collinson.

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