SideHillSoup
South Eastern British Columbia
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In the Living History category there is also Fort Steele in BC which is 10 minutes from Cranbrook BC as well there if Barkerville just east of Quesnel BC
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jwadd
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I must 2nd Fort St James. We also have 2 nice Provincial Campsites on the lake. If you decide to come this way, let me know and I will provide you with info. on other things to do while you are here.
Barkerville is also very nice and on our list for this summer.
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UncleDonald wrote: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.
Definitely - see the "Fort" and RCMP museum in Fort McLeod. Also in Calgary - besides Heritage Park get to the "Fort Calgary".
In Banff town see the Luxton Museum and the National Park Museum. None of these were HBC forts but will definitely help in your living history interests.
For a great but fictional tale of early HBC in Western Canada you should read "Lords of the North" by Agnes C. Laut. originally published in 1900 but reprinted and annotated by Valerie Legge in 2001 ( published as one of the "Early Canadian Women Writers" series).
John
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garyhaupt
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I am bad....`Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump`..I should so know that.
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joe b.
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Not too sure if HBC ever had a store at Fort Steele or not but well worth a visit when in BC. It is more than a restored fort, it is a restored living museum of a town. The town was located on the Kootenay River and had the only ferry crossing for many miles. When the railroad was passed through Cranbrook, just south of Fort Steel, many of the people moved there. The NWMP (Mounties) had a sizable detachment of officers at the fort for many years. It is named after one of the Commisioners of the NWMP, that was instrumental in early day relations between the settlers and the First Nation people of the region.
We have stopped at Fort Steele a couple of times and spent a half day or more each time. It is on Hwy 95 just north of Cranbrook, on the way north of the Roosville border crossing, north of Missoula Montana.
Not a good area to be in a hurry to pass through. So much to stop and see on the way to Golden and the National Parks. My half day's drive through here usually turns into a 2 or 3 day drive. LOL
www.fortsteele.ca
www.fortsteele.ca/story/history/
www.fortsteele.com This is the near by RV Park.
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Thanks for all the replies. If all Canadians are as friendly as the ones who answered on this post, we should have a memorable trip this summer. Thanks to you all. Don
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weasel4
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There used to be a HBC store on the north shore of Moberly Lake which is situated north of Chetwynd BC, I used to go fishing there in the 40's and 50's before there was a road in place. Also just outside of Edmonton there is Lake Nakamum (spelling) At one time it was the staging point for the Northwest Mounted Police to head into the north. Apparently they used to house their equipment and horses there.
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