Fort George
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Fort George was a former settlement and trading post that became the historic core around which the modern city of Prince George, British Columbia, developed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort George canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic settlement
ⓘ
trading post ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Lheidli T’enneh First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreOf | modern city of Prince George, British Columbia ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| currentStatus | absorbed into urban fabric of Prince George ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
fur trade
ⓘ
river transportation ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
fur trade forts in Canada
ⓘ
ghost town sites in British Columbia ⓘ neighbourhoods in Prince George, British Columbia ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic core of Prince George ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
fur trade post
ⓘ
settler community nucleus ⓘ transportation hub on Fraser River ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Central Fort George
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Fort George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasToponymType | former settlement name ⓘ |
| influencedBy | expansion of Canadian railway network ⓘ |
| integratedInto | City of Prince George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf | Fraser River and Nechako River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Prince George, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | pre-20th century ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Fraser River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nechako River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Interior of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Indigenous settlements in the area ⓘ |
| region | Central Interior of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | urban development of Prince George ⓘ |
| significantEvent | development of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway nearby ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century to early 20th century ⓘ |
| transportMode |
canoe traffic
ⓘ
river steamers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fur trading
ⓘ
missionary activity vicinity ⓘ supply depot ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Prince George, British Columbia