Touchwood Hills and Fort Pelly Posts. - Newspaper clipping. - n.d.
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| Database ID | 25152 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
| Fonds/Collection | Canadiana Pamphlets Collection | |
| Series | XLVIII | |
| File/Item Reference | XLVIII-34c-Touchwood (Box 47) | |
| Date of creation | n.d. | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 newspaper clipping; 2 sketches on page | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Historical note | The village of Pelly, SK, is located on Hwys 8 and 49, 32 km N of Kamsack and 24 km W of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. Fort Pelly was established in 1824 near present-day Pelly as the headquarters for the newly-formed Swan River District. Its original location, on a site northeast of the elbow of the Assiniboine River, was subject to periodic flooding, so in 1857, the post was relocated about a 1/2 km southeast to a ridge overlooking the Assiniboine River valley. Fort Pelly continued as a economic and social centre until 1912, when it was abandoned because the railroad came through several miles to the north. While it was headquarters of the Swan River District, Fort Pelly was the centre for receiving all trade and for distributing goods to other posts. It was the centre at which trade goods such as traps, rat spears, trade points, and parts for boats were produced and the manufacturing centre for boats, barge-like batteaux, dogs sleds, and carts. During the 1837 smallpox epidemic, the HBC Factor taught the Cree and Saulteaux how to vaccinate each other, thereby reducing the death toll among them. | |
| Scope and content | Photocopied page showing a sketch of Touchwood Hills Post in 1861, and a sketch of Fort Pelly from [1876]. Photocopied page from Canadian Geographic Journal, n.d. | |
| Contributer | Canadian Geographic Journal | |
| Copyright holder | Unknown | |
| Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Articles | |
| Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan Library. Canadiana Pamphlets Collection | |
| Other notes | Item from Special Collection Pamphlets file [Forts and trails.] Correspondence and clippings, 1949-1956. | |
| Place | Fort Pelly, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Christie, Alexander | |
| Subject | Forts Hudson's Bay Company News and Reporting Chief factors | |
| Date Range(s) | 1940-1949 1950-1959 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/25152
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