Fort Paskoya

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Fort Paskoya or Paskoyac or Pasquia was a French fort and trading post near the mouth of the Saskatchewan River. Along with Fort Bourbon, Fort Dauphin (Manitoba) and Fort La Reine is was built by the V rendryes to control the chain of lakes west of Lake Winnipeg. It also diverted furs away from the Hudson's Bay Company since the western Indians would normally pass this point on their way to Hudson Bay. During the winter of 1741-42, the western military commander La V rendrye decided to build a fort at the site chosen by his son Louis-Joseph, the Chevalier, at Cedar Lake. This had been mapped by Louis-Joseph in 1740. This was the first Fort Paskoya, situated on a small island, west of Cedar Lake, Manitoba, toward the discharge of the Saskatchewan River near the head of the delta of the river. It was named after a Cree word for narrows, or after the Opasqwoyak Cree Nation, whom the explorers encountered. "Paskoyac" was also an old name for the Saskatchewan River.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510870524
• ISBN13: 9785510870527
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"