HBC Establishes Fort Anderson

1861AD

1800s–1900s

After meeting with a delegation of Inuvialuit requesting a trading post within their home territory, the Hudson's Bay Company establishes Fort Anderson on 'Beghula', the Dene name for, or 'Kuuk', the Inuvialuktun name for, the Anderson River.

Fort Anderson. Illustration of Fort Anderson in 1865, based on a sketch by Father Émile Petitot. Photo credit: 'Les Grands Esquimaux’ by Émile Petitot, 1887.