Log cabins buildings houses compound backyard Fort Saint St James National Historic Site trading post, British Columbia, Canada.
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Michael DeFreitas North America / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4500 x 2994 px | 38.1 x 25.3 cm | 15 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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fort saint james, british columbia,More information:
Fort St. James is a district municipality and former fur trading post in north-central British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the south-eastern shore of Stuart Lake in the Omineca Country, at the northern terminus of Highway 27, which connects to Highway 16 at Vanderhoof. Founded by the North West Company explorer and fur trader Simon Fraser in 1806, it came under the management of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 with the forced merger of the two battling fur companies. Also known historically as Stuart Lake Post, it is one of British Columbia's oldest permanent European settlements and was the administrative centre for the Hudson's Bay Company's New Caledonia fur district. The fort, rebuilt four times, continued as an important trading post well into the twentieth century. Now the fort is a National Historic Site of Canada with some buildings dating to the 1880s.