UncleDonald
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Next summer going thru Canada would like to visit a reconstructed Hudson's Bay Post. Anyone have a recommendation as to some real good ones to stop at? Don
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SideHillSoup
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Nice one up at Fort St James, and over at Ft Langley both in BC
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Fizz
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Best one is Fort William in N.W. Ontario.
Not a Hudson Bay post, it's North West Company.
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pianotuna
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Hi,
There is one in the Cypress Hills in Saskatchewan. What part of Canada are you planning to visit?
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garyhaupt
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Uncle Donald...the question about where you are going? good one..also what is the focus of your wish to see Hudson's Bay forts? I am asking because there are some very cool locations that were in the same time frame with the same focus. Fort Benton in Montana for one and there is a National Park in Alberta.."Buffalo Jump"..these two locales are ripe in the same history and worthy of a stop if you are close by.
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There is a reconstructed Fort at Mcloud Alberta which is not far from "Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. Which is a museum worth seeing.
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UncleDonald
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Gary - We do living history which includes canoeing the Missouri and visiting both Ft. Benton and Ft. Union North. Visiting Museums and historical sites is a must for us. Will be traveling North from Colorado thru Banff and then to the Alaska Highway. Open for all suggestions.
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Kanata
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Fort Edmonton is a replica of a Hudson Bay fort.
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extremis
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If you are passing by Calgary, then a stop to Heritage Park may interest you. They have all sorts of historical buildings there moved from different towns. All operating as they originally were... eg Strathmore Standard newspaper print papers they way they did in the early 1900's. The general store, shops etc... you can even buy old time candy and treats. They have a steam locomotive and train you can ride. Haven't been there since I was a kid, but its definitely interesting.
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trigley
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There are some excellent museums in Saskatchewan.
Also in Sask consider the Batoche area for history of the Riel Rebellion.
I believe what Pianotuna is referring to in the Cypress Hills is Fort Walsh. This was not a Hudson Bay post. It was one of the original North West Mounted Police posts. They were the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It is a very interesting post.
Someone has mentioned Fort MacLeod. This was also a North West Mounted Police Post.
As mentioned Head Smashed In is an excellent recreation of a bufallo jump
Further west on highway 3 the Crowsnest Pass area was a coal mining area and has historical significance including the Frank Slide which wiped out a small town in the area.
Calgary has Heritage Park which is a recreation of a typical pioneer town.
If you have already been to Banff you might consider going further north and entering the mountains on Highway 11. This would enable you to visit Rocky Mountain House which was the location of both Hudson Bay and Northwest Co posts. The Posts have not been recreated but the area is a National Historical Site with considerable displays and effort being put into explaining the locaation.
During the summer months the Metis put up display tents to explain their culture.
Further West you could visit Nordegg an old coal mining town.
Fort Edmonton does contain a recreated post. It is some time since I have been there but I believe it also contains much more.
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