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Fort_Collinson Latitude and Longitude:
71°37′02″N 117°52′09″W / 71.61722°N 117.86917°W / 71.61722; -117.86917 (Fort Collinson) [1]
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Fort Collinson
Fort Brabant
Trading post
Fort Collinson is located in Northwest Territories
Fort Collinson
Fort Collinson
Coordinates: 71°37′02″N 117°52′09″W / 71.61722°N 117.86917°W / 71.61722; -117.86917 (Fort Collinson) [1]
CountryCanada
Territory Northwest Territories
Region Inuvik
Built1928
Closed1939
Founded by Hudson's Bay Company
Named for Richard Collinson

Fort Collinson was a trading post operated by the Hudson's Bay Company (Post Number B.405) [2] located on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is situated on the Prince Albert Peninsula on the north side of Walker Bay, just north of Minto Inlet. [3]

Previously known as Fort Brabant, [4] the post opened in 1928 when it was moved from its prior location at Alaervik on the north side of Prince Albert Sound. [3] [5]

Named in honour of Sir Richard Collinson, an English naval officer and explorer of the Arctic, the post closed in 1939 when it was transferred to Holman, now Ulukhaktok. [3] [5]

References

  1. ^ "Fort Collinson". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Hudson's Bay Company Archives". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Condon, Richard G. (1988). Inuit Youth: Growth and Change in the Canadian Arctic. Volume 1 of "Adolescents in a changing world". Rutgers University Press. p. 28. ISBN  0-8135-1364-2.
  4. ^ Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Collinson
  5. ^ a b Condon, Richard G. (1996). The Northern Copper Inuit: A History. University of Toronto Press. p.  96. ISBN  978-0-8020-0849-7. Fort Collinson.

Further reading

  • Condon, R.G. East meets West: Fort Collinson, the fur trade, and the economic acculturation of the northern Copper Inuit, 1928-1939.


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