Fort Assiniboine is an historic Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Alberta, Canada situated on the Athabasca River at Highway 33, and lying north-west of Edmonton. With a current population of approximately 200 people, this hamlet was a stopping point along the Klondike Trail and gets its name from the Assiniboine people.
By the early 1820s, Hudson’s Bay Company trade on Lesser Slave Lake was in decline. The council adopted a resolution in 1823...
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Fort Assiniboine is an historic Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Alberta, Canada situated on the Athabasca River at Highway 33, and lying north-west of Edmonton. With a current population of approximately 200 people, this hamlet was a stopping point along the Klondike Trail and gets its name from the Assiniboine people.
By the early 1820s, Hudson’s Bay Company trade on Lesser Slave Lake was in decline. The council adopted a resolution in 1823 calling for a fort further up the Athabasca River to reduce transport times. This was part of a much larger effort by the Company to reorganize its transportation routes, seeking out advantages and efficiencies in its operations after the merger with the North West Company. Under the new plan, Fort Assiniboine became the northern terminus of an overland route between Edmonton House/Fort Edmonton, linking the North Saskatchewan and Athabasca River systems. This new portage trail replaced the circuitous path and lengthy portage associated with...
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