Fort Edmonton
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Fort Edmonton was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1795 to 1914, all of which were located on the north banks of the North Saskatchewan River in what is now centr
Fort Edmonton, 1870.
This watercolor with a scale diagram of the Fort was drawn by Vavasour in 1846.
Artist Paul Kane's romanticized painting of the fifth fort (1849, from 1846 sketch), displaying Rowand's house rising high above the palisade.
A charcoal sketch of Fort Edmonton circa. 1867.
Carlton Trail
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The Carlton Trail was the primary land transportation route in the Canadian Northwest for most of the 19th century, connecting Fort Carlton to Edmonton along a line of intermediate places. It was part
Fort Edmonton
…of which were located on the north banks of the North Saskatchewan River in what is now central Alberta, Canada. It was one of the last points on the Carlton Trail, the main overland route for Metis freighters between the Red River Colony and the points west and was an important stop on the York Factory Express…
Red River ox cart train on the Carlton Trail
National historic site of Canada plaque