List of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts
Appearance
This is a list of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts.[1]
For the fur trade in general see North American fur trade and Canadian canoe routes (early). For some groups of related posts see Fort-Rupert for James Bay. Ottawa River, Winnipeg River, Assiniboine River fur trade, and Saskatchewan River fur trade.
A
[edit]- Lake Abitibi
- Acacoutishendaw (see Flying Post)
- Aillik
- Aklavik
- Fort Albany
- Albany House
- Fort Alexander (see also Sagkeeng First Nation)
- Fort Alexandria
- Allanwater
- Amadjuak
- Fort Anderson (see Anderson River (Northwest Territories))[2]
- Apsley House (see Cross Lake)
- Arctic Bay
- Artiwinipigon (see Eastmain)
- Ash Falls
- Ashuapmuchuan
- Asp House
- Fort Assiniboine
- Lake Assiniboine
- Lake Athabaska
- Athabasca Landing
- Attawapiskat
- Lake Attawapiskat
B
[edit]- Babine
- Bad Lake
- Bad Throat Post
- Badger River (see Winisk River)
- Baie-Comeau
- Bernard Harbour
- Baie des Pères (Ville-Marie)
- Baillie Islands
- Baker Lake
- Barkerville
- Bas de la Rivière (see also Fort Alexander)
- Batchewana
- Bathurst Inlet
- Battle River
- Battleford
- Bayley's Island (see Albany)
- Bear Lake (Fort Connelly)
- Bearskin Lake
- Beauval
- Beaver Creek (see Fort Ellice)
- Beaver Lake House (see Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation)
- Beaver Lake Portage
- Beaver Lodge (see Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation)
- Bedford House (Egg Lake) (see Egg Lake (Churchill River))
- Bedford House (Reindeer Lake)
- Bella Bella (see Fort McLoughlin)
- Belcher Islands
- Bellevue Sheep Farm (see San Juan Island)
- Berens River
- Bersimis
- Big Beaver House (see Pipestone River (Kenora District))
- Big Fall (see Little Grand Rapids)
- Big Lake
- Big Point (see Whitemud River)
- Big River (see Chisasibi)
- Bigstone River
- Biscotasing
- Black River
- Blacklead Island
- Blanc-Sablon
- Blood River
- Bolsover House
- Bow Fort
- Bow River (see Chesterfield House)
- Fort Brabant
- Brandon House
- Brunswick House (see Missinaibi River)
- Bucke
- Buckingham
- Buckingham House
- Buffalo River
- Lake Burdingno (see Escabitchewan)
- Lake Burntwood (see Wepiskow Lake)
- Port Burwell
C
[edit]- Calgary
- Cambridge Bay
- Candle Lake
- Canoe Lake
- Cape Dorset
- Cape Smith
- Cappoonicagomie (see Kabinakagami Lake)
- Caribou
- Carlton House (Assiniboine)
- Carlton House (Saskatchewan)
- Carlton House (Three Points)
- Cartwright
- Cat Lake
- Cavell
- Cawassieamica
- Cedar Lake
- Chapleau
- Charles Fort (Mackenzie River) (see Fort Good Hope)
- Charlton Island Depot
- Chatham House
- Chats
- Cheasquachiston (Windsor House - NOT Windsor QC)
- Chesterfield House
- Chesterfield Inlet
- Chibougamau
- Chickney
- Chicoutimi
- Fort Chilcotin
- Fort Chimo
- Fort Chipewyan
- Chipewyan Lake
- Chiswick House
- Fort Churchill
- Clapham House (see Reindeer Lake)
- Clear Lake (see Birch Narrows First Nation)
- Clyde River
- Coats Island
- Cold Lake
- Cold Lake (English River)
- Colens Cot (see Norway House)
- Fort Collinson
- Colvile House
- Colvile Landing
- Fort Colvile
- Fort Concord (see Winisk River)
- Fort Connelly, Fort Connolly, or Connolly's Lake (see Bear Lake (Fort Connelly))
- Coocoocache
- Fort à la Corne
- Fort-Coulonge
- Fort Cowlitz (Cowlitz Farm)
- Cree Lake
- Cross Lake
- Cross Portage (see Sipiwesk Lake)
- Cul-de-Sac
- Cumberland House
D
[edit]E
[edit]- Eagle Lake
- Eagle Lake (Albany River District)
- Eagle Nest (see Eagle Lake (Ontario))
- Eastmain
- Edmonton (see Fort Edmonton)
- Egg Lake (Churchill River)
- Egg Lake (Swan Lake)
- Fort Ellice
- Ernest House (see Martin Fall and English River)
- Escabitchewan
- Eskimo Point
- Fort Espérance
- Esquimalt
- Esquimaux Bay (see North West River)
- Essex House
- Eyelick (see Aillik)
F
[edit]- Factory River
- Fairford
- Fairford House
- Finlay River
- Fisher River
- Fishing Island (see Carlton House (Assiniboine))
- Flamborough House
- Flathead
- Fly Lake
- Flying Post
- Fond-du-Lac
- Fort Frances (see Lac la Pluie)
- Frances Lake
- Fraser Lake
- Frederick House
- Frenchman's Island
- Frobisher Bay (Apex)
G
[edit]- Lower Fort Garry
- Upper Fort Garry (see Winnipeg)
- Fort George (Big River)
- Fort George (Columbia River)
- Fort George (New Caledonia)
- George River
- Ghost River
- Gillam
- Gisipigimack
- Glenora
- Gloucester House
- Godbout
- God's Lake
- Gogama
- Fort Good Hope
- Gordon House
- Grady Harbour
- Grand Forks
- Grand-Lac
- Grand Rapid (see Little Grand Rapids)
- Grand Rapids
- Grande Prairie
- Granville House
- Grassy Narrows (MB)
- Grassy Narrows (ON)
- Great Fall (see Little Grand Rapids)
- Great Slave Lake (see Fort Resolution)
- Great Whale River (Kuujjuarapik/Whapmagoostui)
- Green Lake House
- Green Lake (Lake Huron)
- Greenwich House (see Lac La Biche)
H
[edit]- Fort Halkett
- Hawaii (see Sandwich Islands)
- Hay River
- Hazelton
- Fort Hall
- Fort Hearne
- Fort Hebron
- Henley House
- Herschel Island
- Honolulu (see Sandwich Islands)
- Fort Hope (Albany)
- Fort Hope (Victoria)
- Hopedale
- Hudson
- Hudson Hope
- Hudson House (Upper & Lower)
- Hulse House
- Hungry Hall
I
[edit]J
[edit]- Jack River (see Norway House)
- Fort James (see Fort Severn First Nation)
- Jasper House
K
[edit]- Kagainagami
- Kaipokok
- Kakabonga (see Rapid Lake, Quebec)
- Kamloops
- Kanaaupscow
- Kaniapiskau
- Kapisko
- Kapusko (see Chickney)
- Keewatin
- Kenogamissi
- Kenora (see Rat Portage)
- Kent Peninsula
- Kibokok (see Kaipokok Bay)
- Kickendatch
- Kittegazuit
- Fort Kilmaurs (see Babine)
- King William Island (Gjoa Haven)
- Knee Lake
- Kuckatush (see Flying Post)
- Kugaryuak
L
[edit]- La Cloche
- La Loutre
- La Pierre's House
- La Sarre
- Lac des Allumettes
- Lac des Deux-Montagnes (see Lake of Two Mountains)
- Lac du Bonnet
- Lac du Brochet
- Lac La Biche
- Lac la Pluie
- Lac La Ronge
- Lac Ste. Anne
- Lac Seul
- Lac Travers
- Lachine
- Lake Assiniboine
- Lake Athabasca
- Lake Attawapiskat
- Lake Harbour
- Lake Nipigon (see also Gull Bay First Nation)
- Lake Nipissing
- Lake of Two Mountains
- Lake St. John
- Last Mountain House
- Fort Lampson
- Fort Langley
- Lansdowne House
- Leaf River (Tasiujaq)
- Lesser Slave Lake
- Lethbridge
- Letty Harbour (Paulatuk)
- Liard
- Fort Liard
- Lindsay
- Little Bear Lake
- Little Grand Rapids
- Little Whale River
- Long Lake
- Long Portage
- Loon River
- Lower Fort Garry
- Fort Macleod
M
[edit]- Mainwaring River (see Winnipeg Lake)
- Makkovik
- Mamattawa (see Cappoonicagomie)
- Manchester House
- Manitoba House (Doubtful Post)
- Manitoba Lake House (see Whitemud River)
- Manitou
- Mansel Island
- Manuan (Manowan)
- Marlboro House
- Martin Fall
- Massett
- Matachewan
- Matawagamingue
- Mattagami (see Matawagamingue and Michipicoten)
- Mattawa
- Mattice
- McDame Creek
- Fort McKay
- Fort McKenzie
- McLeod Lake
- Fort McLoughlin
- Fort McMurray
- Merry's House
- Mesackamy Lake
- Mesaugamee Lake
- Metabetchuoan (Lac Saint-Jean)
- Point Meuron (see Fort William (Lake Superior))
- Micabanish (see Missinaibi River)
- Michikamau House
- Michipicoten
- Migiskan
- Miminiska Lake
- Minaki
- Mingan
- Mingan Fur Farm
- Missanabie
- Missinaibi
- Mississagi
- Mistassini
- Mittimatalik (see Pond Inlet)
- Montizambert
- Montreal
- Montreal Lake
- Moose Factory
- Moose Lake
- Moosonee
- Morden
- Muskwaro
- Mutton Bay
N
[edit]- Nabisipi
- Nachvak
- Nain
- Fort Nascopie
- Natashkwan
- Nelson House
- Fort Nelson
- Nemiskau
- Neoskweskau
- Nescutia
- New Brunswick House
- New Post
- Fort Nez Percés
- Nichikun
- Nipawin
- Nipigon
- Nipigon House
- Lake Nipigon (see also Gull Bay First Nation)
- Lake Nipissing (at Sturgeon Falls) (see Sturgeon River House Museum
- Nisqually
- Nonala
- Fort Norman
- North West River
- Norway House
- Nottingham House (see Fort Chipewyan)
- Nueltin House
- Nutak
O
[edit]P
[edit]- Padlei (Padley)
- Pagwa River
- Paint Creek House
- Pangnirtung
- Pangnirtung Fox Farm
- Pas Mountain
- Pas Post
- Payne Bay
- Peace River Crossing
- Peel River
- Pekangekum
- Pelican Lake
- Fort Pelly
- Pembina
- Peribonka
- Perry River
- Petaigan River
- Peterbell
- Pic River
- Piegan Post (see Bow Fort)
- Pike Lake
- Pike Lake (Churchill River) (see Portland House)
- Pincher Creek
- Pine Creek
- Pine Lake
- Pine Portage
- Pine Ridge
- Pine River (see Dipper Lake at English River First Nation)
- Fort Pitt
- Point Meuron (see Fort William (Lake Superior))
- Pointe au Foutre (see Fort Alexander)
- Pointe-Bleue
- Pond Inlet
- Poplar Point
- Poplar River
- Port Burwell
- Port Harrison
- Port Harrison Fox Farm
- Portage de l'Île
- Portage La Loche
- Portage la Prairie
- Portland House
- Povungnituk Bay
- Prince Albert
- Fort Prince of Wales (see Fort Churchill)
- Fort Providence
- Pukatawagan
Q
[edit]- Qu'Appelle (Assiniboine River) (see Fort Ellice)
- Fort Qu'Appelle
- Quebec
- Quesnel
R
[edit]- Fort Rae
- Rampart House
- Rapid River
- Rat Portage
- Read Island
- Red Deer River
- Red Lake
- Red River (Athabasca District)
- Red Rock
- Reed Lake
- Reindeer Lake
- Fort Reliance
- Repulse Bay
- Fort Resolution
- Fort Richmond
- Riding Mountain
- Rigolet
- Rock Depot
- Rocky Mountain House
- La Romaine
- Fort Ross
- Rossville
- Fort Rupert
- Rupert House
- Rush Lake
S
[edit]- St. Anthony Mines (see Bucke)
- St. Augustine
- Fort St. James
- St. John's Agency
- Fort St. John
- Fort St. Mary
- Saguingue (Saugeen)
- San Francisco
- San Juan Island (Belle Vue Sheep Farm)
- Sandwich Islands
- Sandy Lake
- Sandy Lake (Albany River)
- Sandy Narrows
- Fort Sanspareil (See Edmonton)
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Savanne
- Fort Seaborn
- Fort Selkirk
- Senneterre
- Setting River
- Seven Islands (Sept-Îles)
- Severn
- Shell River (Swan River)
- Shell River (English River)
- Shingle Point
- Shoal Lake
- Shoal River
- Fort Simpson (Mackenzie River)
- Fort Simpson, (Nass) (Lax Kw'alaams)
- Sioux Lookout
- Fort Smith
- Snake Country
- Somerset House (Assiniboine River)
- Somerset House (Turtle Creek)
- Souris River (see Pinehouse, Saskatchewan)
- South Branch House
- South Indian Lake (See Indian Lake)
- South Reindeer Lake
- South River House
- Southampton Island
- Spirit River Ranch
- Split Lake House
- Spokane (Spokane House)
- Stikine
- Stoney Creek (Cumberland)
- Stony Creek
- Stuart Lake (See Fort St. James)
- Stupart's Bay
- Sturgeon Creek
- Sturgeon Lake (Albany River)
- Sturgeon Lake (Peace River)
- Sturgeon River
- Sudbury
- Sugluk East
- Sugluk West
- Swampy Lake
- Swan River House
T
[edit]- Tadoussac
- Tavane
- Telegraph Creek (See Glenora)
- Temagami
- Temiskamay
- Teslin Post
- The Pas (See Pas Post)
- Thompson River (See Kamloops)
- Three Rivers
- Thunder Lake
- Timiskaming (Fort Témiscamingue)
- Touchwood Hills Post
- Tree River
- Fort Trial (George River)
- Fort Trial (Labrador Coast)
- Trois-Rivières (See Three Rivers)
- Trout Lake (see Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation)
- Trout Lake (Peace River)
- Trout Lake (Timiskaming)
- Turtle Lake
U
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[edit]W
[edit]- Wabowden
- Wager Inlet
- Waswanipi
- Walla Walla (See Fort Nez Percés)
- Waterhen River
- Waterloo, Fort (See Lesser Slave Lake)
- Wedderburn, Fort (See Fort Chipewyan)
- Weenusk
- Wegg's House
- Wepiskow Lake
- West Lynne
- Weymontachingue
- Whale River
- White Dog Post
- White River
- Whitefish Lake (Lake Huron)
- Whitefish Lake (Peace River)
- Whitewood
- Fort William (Lake Superior)
- Fort William (Ottawa River)
- Fort William (Red River)
- Windsor House
- Winisk River
- Winnipeg
- Winnipeg Lake
- Winnipegosis
- Winokapau
- Wire Lake
- Wolstenholme
- Wrangell
- Fort Wrigley
Y
[edit]See also
[edit]- Former colonies and territories in Canada
- List of French forts in North America
- List of North American cities by year of foundation
References
[edit]- ^ HBCA Post Records by Name Hudson's Bay Company Archives
- ^ "Anderson River". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
Further reading
[edit]- Elle Andra-Warner (2011). Hudson's Bay Company Adventures: Tales of Canada's Fur Traders. Heritage House. ISBN 978-1-926613-14-7.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hudson's Bay Company forts and Hudson's Bay Company outposts.
- Company post map - Hudson's Bay Company Archives