North West Company Builds Fort Augustus Nearby
- When
- Summer 1795
- Where
- Fort Augustus, near the confluence of the Sturgeon and North Saskatchewan rivers
In summer 1795 the North West Company constructed Fort Augustus at the Sturgeon and North Saskatchewan rivers' confluence, a few months before the HBC began Edmonton House.
In the summer of 1795, the North West Company built Fort Augustus where the Sturgeon River meets the North Saskatchewan River, just north of present-day Fort Saskatchewan and roughly 35 kilometres northeast of the final Fort Edmonton site near the present-day Alberta Legislature Building. A few months later, the Hudson's Bay Company began constructing Edmonton House close by; the two posts stood a described "musket-shot" apart, a proximity that offered mutual security to traders of both companies.
Sources
- Fort Edmonton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
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