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Lower Fort Garry, Man. = Lower Fort Garry (Man.) [philatelic record]

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Reference:

R169-5, Volume number: 5

Type of material:

Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2265981

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Post Office Department fonds

Stamps and philatelic products

Philatelic issues of 1985, Products

Lower Fort Garry, Man. = Lower Fort Garry (Man.)
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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 postage stamp : lithograph, 4 colours, perf. 12.5 x 13, Polyvinyl alcohol, Harrison, coated one side, lithography, General tagging

Language of material:

English

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Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 32 km (20 mi) north of the original Fort Garry (often called Upper Fort Garry). The upper fort is now in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Lower Fort Garry site was chosen because of its high ground and location below the St. Andrew's Rapids, eliminating the need for a portage of heavy fur packs and York boats.
The Lower Fort's main purpose was to supply the Red River settlement and the surrounding Anishinaabe, Cree, Métis, and European (mostly Orkney Scot) populations. The fort traded manufactured goods to the farmers and hunters for food that could provision the Company's northern treks. In 1870, when the Red River Rebellion (Red River Resistance) broke out, Louis Riel occupied Upper Fort Garry, and the Québec Rifles took the lower fort. On August 3, 1871, Treaty No. 1 was signed between the federal government and seven chiefs of the Ojibway (Saulteaux) and Swampy Cree First Nations at Lower Fort Garry.

Philatelic note:

Products

Philatelic issue data:

Canada : 34 cents

Date of issue:

28 Jun. 1985

Link to related resource:

Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001050.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP

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Government
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Philatelic records

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Volume [R169]

[Consultation 90 Open]

5 Item no. assigned by LAC 21

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada; Copyright: Canada Post Corporation

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