Establishment of Fort Maurepas National Historic Event
Pine Falls, Manitoba
Image of original plaque
(© ©Parks Canada Agency / Agence Parcs Canada, 1937)
Address :
Highway 11, (north side) 5 miles west of Pine Falls, Pine Falls, Manitoba
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1931-05-28
Other Name(s):
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Establishment of Fort Maurepas
(Designation Name)
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Fort Alexander, La Vérandrye’s Forts
(Other Name)
Research Report Number:
2010-SDC-CED-023
Importance:
Established by La Vérendrye, 1739-49
Plaque(s)
Plaque Removed: Fort Alexander, behind service station Highway 11, (north side) 5 miles west of Pine Falls, Pine Falls, Manitoba
Nearby stood the second Fort Maurepas, established between 1739 and 1749 by La Vérendrye after the abandonment of the original Fort Maurepas on the Red River. Both the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company built posts in this area in 1792.