Fort La Reine, Fur trading fort in Portage la Prairie, Canada

Fort La Reine was built in 1738 by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye on the north bank of the Assiniboine River, near the portage to Lake Manitoba. The fort served as a fur trading post and base for exploration north and west. A replica stands at the Fort la Reine Museum in Portage la Prairie.

The fort was established in 1738 by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes to control trade routes in western Canada. It became a base for exploring and mapping the interior regions of North America.

The fort's name honoured Marie Leszczyńska, wife of Louis XV. A Jesuit, Claude-Godefroy Coquart, reached it in 1743 as the first priest to travel this far west. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1925, and a stele stands on the original fort's location.

The original buildings no longer stand, but a commemorative cairn and plaque mark the exact location of the former fort. The site sits right along the river and is accessible from the town nearby.

In 1742–43 Fort La Reine was the base for the La Vérendrye brothers' journey toward the Rocky Mountains, and in 1743 it sent an expedition up the Missouri as far as the Yellowstone River. The first priest this far west, the Jesuit Claude-Godefroy Coquart, reached the fort in 1743.