Fort Collinson

Fort Collinson Fort Brabant
Trading post
Fort Collinson
Coordinates: 71°37′02″N117°52′09″W / 71.61722°N 117.86917°W / 71.61722; -117.86917 (Fort Collinson) [1]
Country	Canada
Territory	Northwest Territories
Region	Inuvik
Built	1928
Closed	1939
Founded by	Hudson's Bay Company
Named after	Richard Collinson

Fort Collinson was a trading post operated by the Hudson's Bay Company (Post Number B.405) ^[3] located on Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is situated on the Prince Albert Peninsula on the north side of Walker Bay, just north of Minto Inlet. ^[4]

Previously known as Fort Brabant, ^[5] the post opened in 1928 when it was moved from its prior location at Alaervik on the north side of Prince Albert Sound. ^{[4] [6]}

Named in honour of Sir Richard Collinson, an English naval officer and explorer of the Arctic, the post closed in 1939 when it was transferred to Holman, now Ulukhaktok. ^{[4] [6]}

References

1. "Fort Collinson". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
2. "Fort Collinson". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
3. "Hudson's Bay Company Archives". gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
4. Condon, Richard G. (1988). Inuit Youth: Growth and Change in the Canadian Arctic. Volume 1 of "Adolescents in a changing world". Rutgers University Press. p. 28. ISBN   0-8135-1364-2.
5. Hudson's Bay Company. Fort Collinson
6. Condon, Richard G. (1996). The Northern Copper Inuit: A History . University of Toronto Press. p.  96. ISBN   978-0-8020-0849-7. Fort Collinson.

Further reading

• Condon, R.G. East meets West: Fort Collinson, the fur trade, and the economic acculturation of the northern Copper Inuit, 1928-1939.