Fort Providence (4)

 (1869-1970+) - A Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post and fort first established in 1869 at present day Fort Providence, Northwest Territories. Closed sometime after 1970.

History
A Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post and fort first established in 1869 at present day Fort Providence, Northwest Territories.

Usher (below) indicates that the HBC trading post at Fort Providence was still open as of October 1970. It has since closed, with no stores operation under that name currently.

Closed sometime after 1970.

Fort Providence RCMP Post
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) established a post here probably in the 1920s.

Current Status
Unknown.

See Also:
 * Hudson's Bay Company
 * Hudson's Bay Company Forts

Sources:
 * HBC Archives - Fort Providence, post B.333, records (1871-1907)
 * , page 142.
 * , page 60 (map), 61, 63, 178.

Links:
 * North American Forts - Fort Providence
 * Wikipedia - Fort Providence