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Bow River Fort   NWC GMaps
ID: 82  Voorhis Number: 70 ;   Location: Alberta, Canada [51.145, -114.995] ;    Founded: c. 1802 , Closed: c.1823 .

North West Co. fort on north bank of Bow river at mouth of Old Fort creek, 115°W [longitude], east of present Banff and about 50 miles west of site of old Fort Lajonquière. It was built about 1802 and closed about 1823 after the coalition of 1821. Shown on Rinfret's map of North West Territories (No. 3); and Wallace's map Early Alberta forts (No. 11), and Macoun's map of 1882, (No. 13).



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