Fort Garry

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Fort Garry was a key Hudson’s Bay Company fur-trading post and military fort that became the administrative and commercial center of what is now Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Garry canonical 2
Lower Fort Garry 1
Upper Fort Garry 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fur trading post
military fort
associatedWith Louis Riel NERFINISHED
Red River Colony NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Red River Rebellion NERFINISHED
category Forts in Manitoba
Fur trade in Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company forts
connectedTo Hudson’s Bay Company trade routes
ox cart trails to St. Paul, Minnesota
country Canada
era 19th century
hasPart Lower Fort Garry NERFINISHED
Upper Fort Garry NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation provincial heritage site (Manitoba)
historicalRole administrative centre of the Red River Settlement
commercial centre of the Red River Settlement
precursor of the city of Winnipeg
influenced urban development of Winnipeg
locatedAtConfluenceOf Assiniboine River NERFINISHED
Red River of the North NERFINISHED
locatedIn Canada
Manitoba
Winnipeg NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDayNeighbourhood Downtown Winnipeg NERFINISHED
locatedOn Red River of the North NERFINISHED
namedAfter Nicholas Garry NERFINISHED
near The Forks, Winnipeg NERFINISHED
operator Hudson’s Bay Company NERFINISHED
ownedBy Hudson’s Bay Company NERFINISHED
partOf Rupert’s Land NERFINISHED
presentDayRemnant Upper Fort Garry Gate NERFINISHED
regionServed Prairies
Red River Valley NERFINISHED
significantFor Red River Settlement NERFINISHED
administration of Rupert’s Land
development of Winnipeg
fur trade
transportation hub in the fur trade era
usedFor administration
commerce
fur trading
military purposes

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Red River Colony capital Fort Garry
Red River Colony hasSettlement Fort Garry
this entity surface form: Upper Fort Garry
Red River Colony hasSettlement Fort Garry
this entity surface form: Lower Fort Garry
34th Fort Garry Horse namedAfter Fort Garry