Fort Chilcotin was a short-lived trading post of the
Hudson's Bay Company, located at the confluence of the
Chilko and
Chilcotin River
The Chilcotin River /tʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/ located in Southern British Columbia, Canada is a long tributary of the Fraser River. The name Chilcotin comes from Tŝilhqot’in, meaning "ochre river people," where ochre refers to the mineral used by ...
s,
British Columbia, Canada. It operated between the years 1836 and 1844. A commercial failure due to the lack of interest in the company merchandise shown by the
Tsilhqot'in people, its operations were moved north to
Fort Kluskus in
Dakelh Territory.
Today, the site where the fort used to stand is colloquially known as "Hudson's Bay Flats" - remembered particularly by the Tsilhqot'in (via oral history) as the site where, during the
Chilcotin War,
Lhats'as?in and the other Tsilhqot'in war chiefs were wrongfully arrested under a flag of truce for murder.
See also
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Chilcotin War
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Canadian Forces Camp Chilcotin
Canadian Forces Camp Chilcotin is a Canadian Forces training camp in the Chilcotin District, to the west of the city of Williams Lake on the eastern Chilcotin Plateau. The 40977 hectares (101,256 acres) of land is currently owned by the Federal ...
(sometimes referred to as Fort Chilcotin, and in the same general vicinity)
References
"North West Company page, Fraser's Expedition", City of Quesnel website
Pre-Confederation British Columbia
Fur trade
Chilcotin Country
Tsilhqot'in
Hudson's Bay Company forts
1836 establishments in Canada
Ghost towns in British Columbia
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