South Branch House, Heritage site and trading post remains on South Saskatchewan River, Canada.
The one-hectare archaeological site contains structural remains and artifacts from an eighteenth-century Hudson's Bay Company trading establishment, located near Prince Albert.
The Hudson's Bay Company constructed South Branch House in 1786 as its first trading post on the river, operating until 1794 when Gros Ventres attackers destroyed it.
The site contains archaeological evidence of trade interactions between European merchants and First Nations communities during the competitive fur trading period.
The Provincial Historic Site, designated in 1986, sits on the eastern bank of the South Saskatchewan River, approximately 30 kilometers south of Prince Albert.
David Thompson, who later became a prominent North American geographer, maintained the trading post journal during its first operational season.
Location: Saskatchewan
GPS coordinates: 52.89000,-106.03300
Latest update: April 13, 2025 06:30
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