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Fort Gibraltar was founded in 1809 by Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield of the North West Company in present-day Manitoba, Canada.[1]

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  1. 27 relations: Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield, Assiniboine River, Battle of Seven Oaks, England, Festival du Voyageur, First Nations in Canada, Fort Douglas (Canada), Fort Garry, Fur trade, Gibraltar, Hudson's Bay Company, Living history, Manitoba, Montreal, National Historic Sites of Canada, North West Company, Pemmican War, Peter Rindisbacher, Red River Colony, Red River of the North, Robert Semple (fur trader), St. Boniface, Winnipeg, The Forks, Winnipeg, Voyageurs, Western Canada, Winnipeg, 1826 Red River flood.

  2. French forts in Canada
  3. Hudson's Bay Company forts in Manitoba
  4. Living museums in Canada
  5. Museums in Winnipeg
  6. North West Company
  7. North West Company forts in Manitoba

Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield

Alexander Macdonell of Greenfield (20 November 1782 – 23 February 1835) was a Canadian businessman and politician.

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Assiniboine River

The Assiniboine River (Rivière Assiniboine) is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

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Battle of Seven Oaks

The Battle of Seven Oaks—also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre and the Seven Oaks Incident—was a violent confrontation of the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC) which occurred on 19 June 1816 near modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fort Gibraltar and Battle of Seven Oaks are north West Company.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Festival du Voyageur

The Festival du Voyageur is an annual 10-day winter festival that takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.

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Fort Douglas (Canada)

Fort Douglas was the Selkirk Settlement (Red River Colony) fort and the first fort associated with the Hudson's Bay Company near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in today's city of Winnipeg. Fort Gibraltar and fort Douglas (Canada) are Hudson's Bay Company forts in Manitoba.

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Fort Garry

Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks in what is now central Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fort Gibraltar and Fort Garry are Hudson's Bay Company forts in Manitoba.

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Fur trade

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group.

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Living history

Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, activities and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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National Historic Sites of Canada

National Historic Sites of Canada (Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance.

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North West Company

The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821.

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Pemmican War

The Pemmican War was a series of violent confrontations between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC) in the Canadas from 1812 to 1821. Fort Gibraltar and Pemmican War are north West Company.

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Peter Rindisbacher

Peter Rindisbacher (12 April 1806 – 12 or 13 August 1834) was a Swiss artist.

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Red River Colony

The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assiniboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on of land in British North America.

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Red River of the North

The Red River (rivière Rouge), also called the Red River of the North (rivière Rouge du Nord) to differentiate it from the Red River in the south of the continent, is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada.

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Robert Semple (fur trader)

Robert Semple (26 February 1777 – 19 June 1816) was an American-born fur trader and merchant who served as governor of the territories controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company in the Canadas from 1815 until his death in 1816.

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St. Boniface, Winnipeg

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The Forks, Winnipeg

The Forks (La Fourche) is a historic site, meeting place, and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River.

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Voyageurs

Voyageurs were 18th- and 19th-century French and later French Canadians and others who transported furs by canoe at the peak of the North American fur trade.

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Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada–United States border namely (from west to east) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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1826 Red River flood

The 1826 Red River Flood was a devastating flood that took place along the Red River in Manitoba.

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See also

French forts in Canada

Hudson's Bay Company forts in Manitoba

Living museums in Canada

Museums in Winnipeg

North West Company

North West Company forts in Manitoba

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Gibraltar