Fort de la Rivière Tremblante
Fort de la Rivière Tremblante was a trading post of the North West Company (NWC) near what is now Kamsack in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan at the end of the 18th century .
history
As early as 6000 BC According to archaeological finds, Indian camps are said to have existed at the site of the fort. From the 17th century, the prairie of today's Canada was frequented by fur traders, which among other things led to the emergence of the mixed people of the Métis . In 1791 the fort was built under NWC employee Robert Grant on the upper reaches of the Assiniboine River and was therefore also called Grant's House . In 1793 the future Métis leader Cuthbert Grant (junior) was born here (not related to R. Grant), whose father of the same name took over the management of the fort for the NWC in the same year and with his two sons until his death in 1799 lived in the fort. Approx. In 1800 the fort burned down and was not rebuilt, presumably because the fur traders, who mainly moved by canoe, preferred the more southern Qu'Appelle River as a trade route.
Others
In 1968, James Bond director Harry Saltzman is said to have toyed with the idea of making a film about the fort and Cuthbert Grant, but this was never realized.
Footnotes
- ↑ Article from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix from September 9, 1967 on the planned film about the fort and Cuthbert Grant