Lower Fort Garry

Experience Lower Fort Garry, North America’s only restored stone fort from the fur trade era. Buildings and walls that have stood on the bank of the Red River for over 180 years tell inspiring tales of innovation, discovery, and struggle. Let our costumed guides familiarize you with the Fort. What makes Lower Fort Garry unique? It was the place where Treaty No. 1 was made between the Saulteaux (Ojibwa) and Swampy Cree First Nations people and the Crown As a Hudson's Bay company post, it was a focus for industry and transport, as well as a supply and distribution centre for the fur trade of the company's Northern Department It is one of the finest collections of early stone buildings in Western Canada   It was used by the federal government for public purposes in the 1870s, notably as the first training base for the North West Mounted Police