Buckingham House (fur-trade post)

Buckingham House (HBC) and Fort George (NWC) were two trading posts on the North Saskatchewan River near Elk Point, Alberta, from 1792 to 1800. Buckingham House belonged to the Hudson's Bay Company and Fort George to the North West Company. Both posts were on a wooded north bank of the North Saskatchewan River. A gully and a few hundred yards separated them. They were important as entrepots for posts on the upper Beaver River (Canada). Dogrump Creek flows into the North Saskatchewan River nearby. Since 1993 an interpretive center operated at the location.

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