Fort Maurepas, Trading post in Fort Alexander, Manitoba, Canada

Fort Maurepas was the name of two French fur-trading posts in the Lake Winnipeg area, both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas. The first was built in 1734 about five leagues up the Red River on high ground where the marshes end; its exact site has not been identified. The second stood on a high round knoll on the right bank of the Winnipeg River, about six miles above its mouth, across from present-day Powerview-Pine Falls, Manitoba.

The post was founded in 1734 by French settlers and became a major center for fur trading in the region. It played a key role in early colonial commerce in North America before declining in importance as the 18th century progressed.

This was a key meeting place where French traders and Indigenous peoples came together to exchange goods and conduct business. The interactions that took place here shaped the region's trade networks and relationships for decades.

The first fort's site on the Red River, five leagues upriver on high ground where the marshes end, has never been identified; Morton placed it on Netley Creek, called Rivière aux Morts after a massacre of Saulteurs by the Sioux. The second fort stood on a high round knoll on the right bank of the Winnipeg River about six miles above its mouth, across from present-day Powerview-Pine Falls. By 1793 nothing remained but the clearing.

The second Fort Maurepas stood on a high round knoll on the right bank of the Winnipeg River, about six miles above its mouth, across from present-day Powerview-Pine Falls. It was rebuilt in the winter of 1749-50 by Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye after being burnt by Indians. By 1793 nothing remained but the clearing.