Kenora in Kenora District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Rat Portage Post

Photographed By Kevin Craft, July 10, 2017

1. Rat Portage Post Marker

Inscription.
On Old Fort Island a half mile north of here, the Hudson's Bay Company erected a stockaded fur trading post about 1836. This was the first known European structure within present Kenora. In 1861 the post was moved to the mainland, where it formed the nucleus of the community of Rat Portage. Situated on the main canoe route to the West, the post was visited by many persons prominent in Canada's history: including Sir George Simpson, Sir John Henry Lefroy, Paul Kane, Captain John Palliser, Simon James Dawson and Colonel Garnet Wolseley. The post, which in its later years became a general store, was closed in 1918.

Erected by Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1836.

Location. 49° 46.229′ N, 94° 29.88′ W. Marker is in Kenora, Ontario, in Kenora District. Marker is on Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial Highway 17) 0.4 kilometers east of Nethercutt Drive, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located in a small parking area just across the street from the world-famous Husky the Muskie statue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kenora ON P9N 1S4, Canada. Touch for directions.

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7 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Kenora Thistles (approx. half a kilometer away); a different marker also named Kenora Thistles (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); The Jubilee Parade - 1996 (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Rat Portage (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Rev. Albert Lacombe, O.M.I. (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Heenan Highway (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); The Wolseley Expedition 1870 (approx. 3.3 kilometers away).

Wideview of Rat Portage Post Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Kevin Craft, July 10, 2017

2. Wideview of Rat Portage Post Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2017, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. This page has been viewed 223 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2017, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec.