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Resources Related to Chapter 3: The Fur Trade
| Page 18: The Hartney – Lauder Posts | Page 19: Fort Desjarlais |
| Page 20: The Turtle Mountain & Souris River Posts | Page
21: The Metis Hunting Grounds |
Page 18: The Hartney – Lauder Posts
The Lauder - Hartney Fur Trade Posts
Interpretive Sign - soon to be placed at Hartney.
Site of Ash House - North West Co.
Site of the "American Fort"
Cuthbert Grant
Page 19: Fort Desjarlais
A sketch from the “Souris Valley Plains” by Hartney teacher and historian Larry Clarke.
The Desjarlais site in 2016.
Fort Dejarlais Site Photos
Vantage Points Articles:
Ash House Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 9
Fort Desjarlais Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 13
Fort Mr. Grant Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 12
The American Fort Web / PDF
Vol. III, Page 17
Yellowquill Trail Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 6
Page 20: The Turtle Mountain & Souris River Posts
The name "Lena" orginated with Lena House - a fur trade post from and earlier time.
The Souris River near the US Border.
Most fur trade activity took place near Hartney and Lauder, but Peter Garrioch from Red River operated a Post near
here for an American Company in 1843
Vantage Points Articles
Lena House Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 10
1801 – 1802
American Forts on the Souris River Web / PDF
Vol. III, Page 17
Page 21: The Metis Hunting Grounds
Metis Hunting Camp
The Hunt
Hunting party
Vantage Points Articles
Métis Intermediaries Web / PDF
Vol. III, Page 20
Métis Wintering Communities Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 16
The Red River Cart Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 14
Métis Bison Hunts Web / PDF
Vol. I, Page 15