Collection search - The Approach to Fort Ellice, August 13, 1881

Removed from: Sketchbook: "Canada 1878 North-West 1881"
Fort Ellice (Manitoba) was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post built in 1831 near the junction of the Assiniboine and Qu'Appelle rivers. It was a stopping point on the Carlton Trail, which ran from the Red River Colony to Fort Edmonton. The section between Upper Fort Garry and Fort Ellice was known as the Fort Ellice Trail. The 1831 trading post was replaced in 1862 by another structure approximately 2 km east of the original site. The 1862 fort also acted as a staging point for part of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) force from Fort Dufferin (Manitoba) when it headed west in 1874 to establish law and order. The fort acted as an NWMP post beginning in 1875.
The Red River cart was first used by the Métis to carry meat from the buffalo hunt and in farm work. Later, they would be used in brigades to transport goods over long distances.

Exhibition title: Western Odyssey 1881. Curators: Michael Bell, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1973.12.15 - 1974.02.15, cat. no.: no. 21. Further venue: Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta; 1974.03 - 1974.05 (?)., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 1974.06.15 - 1974.08.15., Further venue: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 1974.08.25 - 1974.09.30., Further venue: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario; 1974.10.15 - 1974.11.15., Further venue: Centennial Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1974.12.15 - 1975.01.30., Further venue: Alberta Provincial Museum and Archives, Edmonton, Alberta; 1975.02.10 - 1975.03.15.

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pencil, recto l.l.: Fort Ellice. 13 Aug.