Tag: Alberta National Historic Site

Rocky Mountain House and the Maps That Built the West

David Thompson worked from Rocky Mountain House on the Clearwater River from…

Fort Fork on the Peace River and the 1793 Continental Crossing It Launched

The North West Company built Fort Fork on the east bank of…

Fort Chipewyan in 1788 and Why Alberta’s Oldest Trading Post Still Matters

Roderick Mackenzie chose a rocky point on the south shore of Lake…