The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site
| Type | history museum |
|---|---|
| Website | Parks Canada |
| Official name | The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site |
| Designated | 1970 |
The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site is a historic building located in the borough of
Lachine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the western end of the Lachine Canal. It is a National Historic Site of Canada.[1]
Beginning in the 17th century,
Saint Lawrence River
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A stone warehouse was erected in 1803 to store the furs gathered as a result of fur trade. It is now a Parks Canada museum dedicated to the history of this strategic location as a departure and arrival point for fur trading expeditions. The site is separate from Lachine Canal National Historic Site, with which it is inextricably connected.
Montreal was the start of nearly all westward canoe routes. See
George Simpson (administrator) had a mansion across the canal from the warehouse which was torn down in 1880. Parks Canada acquired the warehouse in 1977 and in 1985 opened a museum.[2]
Affiliations
The Museum is affiliated with: the
Virtual Museum of Canada
.
References
- ^ The Fur Trade at Lachine. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ^ Elizabeth Browne Losey, "Let Them be Remembered:The Story of the Fur Trade Forts",1999.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site.
- The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site, Parks Canada
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