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Lake Attawapiscat Post   HBC GMaps
ID: 35  Voorhis Number: 30 ;   Location: Ontario, Canada [52.22, -87.89] ;    Founded: c. 1850 , Closed: NA .

An old Hudson's Bay Co. post on lake Attawapiscat, headwaters of Attawapiscat river, about 50 miles north of Fort Hope. Was established about 1850 as an outpost of Fort Hope. Name has now been changed to Lansdowne House and new log buildings are being erected (1929) in Hudson's Bay Co. style. It is shown on McInnes' map of Keewatin 1903 (No. 54) as an old post.



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