Collection search - Le Fort Cumberland [top] / La Ferme de M. H[orace] Belanger aux Fourches de la Saskatchewan [bottom]

publication: Dans "L'Opinion Publique," Montréal, 19 août 1875, p.389
Cumberland House (Sask.) located on Pine Island in the Saskatchewan River is the first western inland post built by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). The post established in 1774, was on the route from Hudson Bay to the Saskatchewan and Churchill rivers fur trading areas.
This predominately Métis community's economy is based on hunting, trapping, fishing, guiding, farming and the lumber industry. Adjacent to the community is the reserve of the Cumberland House Cree Nation.

This record was created during a book illustration project done by the former Library Documentation and Service Division. This material is held by the Published Heritage area of LAC, thus cannot be ordered through Archives Search.

Inscription: In the print, recto l.l. of top image: EH