Topic summary
Fort Rae
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Behchokǫ̀.
History
Fort Rae was first established in 1852 by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) on a prominent peninsula on the north shore of the north arm of Great Slave Lake as a wintering provision post. It was named for Scotsman explorer John Rae, who was among the explorers looking for remains of Sir John Franklin's expedition in the Arctic. It became an important trading post for the Dogrib Dene.