Fort St. James National Historic Site of Canada
Fur trade post founded by Simon Fraser, 1806; Hudson's Bay Company
Tour Canada’s largest collection of wooden buildings faithfully restored to the fur trade era. Meet and talk to site interpretive staff in period costume. Take a self guided audio tour, dine at the Home Stretch Diner and don’t miss the chicken races!
Travel back to 1896 when wealth was measured in fur pelts and salmon, the natural bounty bartered by the Carrier First Nations and European fur traders at Fort St. James. Tour Canada’s largest collection of wooden buildings faithfully restored to the fur trade era. Visit the historic Murray house warmed by a wood stove and memories of the family who lived here more than a century ago.
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