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Kootenae House

In 1806 the North West Company clerk, Jaco Finlay, blazed a trail over Howse Pass from the Saskatchewan to the Columbia River. The next year, David Thompson followed this route to the Columbia, then turned up river and built Kootenae House below Windermere Lake. Using this fort as a base, he explored the Upper Colombia and Kootenay rivers, and established a chain of posts on the Columbia watershed. Kootenae House was used periodically until 1812, when the hostility of the Peigans east of the pass forces its abandonment.

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Kootenae House

Jaco Finlay, de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest, traça en 1806 la route de la rivière Saskatchewan au fleuve Columbia par le col Howse. L’année suivante, David Thompson suivit ce chemin, remonta le fleuve et construisit Kootenae House près du lac Windermere. De ce fort, il partit en exploration par le fleuve et la rivière Kootenay et établit une chaîne de postes sur le cours du Columbia. L’hostilité des Piégans amena l’abandon en 1812 de Kootenae House.

Location: Westside Road, Invermere
Emplacement : Chemin Westside, Invermere
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 50.526781, -116.045423
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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