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The Forks National Historic Site: Historic Themes. Parks Canada. This booklet describes, briefly, the 6000 year history of The Forks. The titles include: Land Use at The Forks in the Precontact Period, Native-European Contact at The Forks 1734-60, The Forks and the Competitive Fur Trade Period: 1760-1821, The Forks, Native Settlement and the Hudson’s Bay Company: 1821-50, Transition at The ...
The Forks National Historic Site The Forks of The Red and Assiniboine Rivers Land Use in the Precontact Period Indigenous-European Contact at The Forks: 1734-1760 The Competitive Fur Trade Period: 1760-1821 Indigenous Settlement and the Hudson's Bay Company:1812-1850 Transition at The Forks: 1850-1900 A Metropolis in the Making The Junction and the Railway Era: 1886-1923 The Forks and ...
The Forks National Historic Site of Canada by Parks Canada., 2007, Parks Canada edition, in English
2) The Forks National Historic Site - several binders of topical images: 1988 Photos: Development and Construction. Envelope of 11 photographs from summer/fall 1988. 1988 The Forks: Progress Photos. Binder of ~ 70 photographs from 1988. (n.d.) Gathering the Past: Archaeology at The Forks National Historic Site. Album (52pp.) (n.d.)
Contact The Forks National Historic Site. General inquiries:Phone number:1-888-773-8888 (toll free)Phone number:204-927-7874Email address: manitoba@pc.gc.ca. For emergencies within the national historic site:Phone number:911.
Beginning in 1886, The Forks emerged as one of the key sites of early railroad development on the Prairies. The rail yards of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway Company, the Canadian Northern, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad and the Canadian National Railway dominated the site. Many of the buildings now seen at The Forks date from this ...
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The Forks and the city of Winnipeg are on the traditional territory of the Cree, Ojibwe, Oji-Cree, Assiniboine and Dakota. The oral history of the Cree asserts that the name Winnipeg means “muddy waters” because of the murky look to the water where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet. The Forks is also known as the birthplace of the Métis ...
