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December 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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In 1970 for Hudson's Bay 300 year & Edmonton's 175 year anniversary the Bay sponsored a contest to build a model of Fort Edmonton, as it existed in 1850. Every model had to have the palisade, Chief Factor's House, Bachelors' House, & the Men's House. #Yeg #FortEdmonton
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The Bay 1670 300 by Hudson's Bay Company. Published in 1970. Cover of the package containing the models and the instructions for the contest. If you have been downtown recently, or seen advertising on television, radio or in the newspaper, you probably know that this year the Bay is three hundred years old. The City of Edmonton is also celebrating an anniversary this year, its' one hundred and seventy-fifth. To recognize these two events, the Bay is sponsoring a contest which involves building a model of Fort Edmonton, as it existed about 1850. In the enclosed History of Fort Edmonton you will read that the plans you are given are based on those drawn by M. Vavaseur in 1846. The plans which Vavasour drew were just a rough outline of the fort. In other journals and papers written by people visiting the fort, more details are given about size, shape and appearance of the buildings. None of these, however, give a complete picture of the fort. Asa result, you will have to use a great deal of imagination in your model, Your model can be as large or as small as you wish and you can build it from any materials which you have available. It is not even necessary that you depict every building, but every model should include the palisade, the Chief Factor's House, the Bachelors' House, and the Men's House as a minimum. If you look closely at the plans you have, you will notice that the plans differ in regard to some of the smaller buildings, Do not worry about this, The aerial perspective view was not intended to be an accurate view of the fort, but only to give you a general idea of how the buildings looked. The Bay 1670 300 by Hudson's Bay Company. Published in 1970. Fort Edmonton. The Bay's century 4 model contest. Original Drawings by G.H. Macdonald. With the kind permission of J.A. Macdonald 833 Tegler Building. After the originals by G.H. MacDonald If you need further help with your model, there are many books in the public Library which have excellent descriptions of the fort. There is also a model of Fort Edmonton, based on plans drawn by Vavasour, and made by Paul A. McCulloch of Edmonton, in the Provincial Museum and Archives, 102nd Avenue and 128 Street. | As you can see from these plans, the fort was an irregular six-sided affair that had twelve buildings inside the enclosure. The entire structure measured about seventy yards wide and one hundred yards long, about the size of a football field. The palisade was originally twenty feet high but was later cut down to various heights. This palisade did not have the sharpened stakes often shown in many pictures, but vas actually flat on top with a row of logs across it. There was a population of about one hundred people in the fort at this time and most of them were connected with the activities of the Hudson's Bay Company. The Company administered most of the land west of the Great Lakes, and at Edmonton, most of the activity centered around the trading of furs. The fort as it is shown in the plans, stood until the mid 1800's and is the one depicted in the plans which have been provided for you. They are based on Vavasour's drawings and were revised and clarified by a prominent Edmonton architect, Mr. George Heath MacDonald, during a period when he was preparing his book on Fort Edmonton. The approval to use Mr. MacDonald's revised plans, which were deposited with the Provincial Archives, was kindly given by his estate through Mr. John A, MacDonald. The Bay 1670 300 by Hudson's Bay Company. Published in 1970. Image shows Cross Section, Longitudinal Section, West, East, North, South elevations. Fort Edmonton The Bay's century 4 model contest Orginal Drawings by G.H. Macdonald With the kind permission of J.A. Macdonald 833 Tegler Building After the originals by G.H. MacDonald In the spring of 1795, on a small area of flat land close to the present site of the town of Fort Saskatchewan, a number of fur traders from the North West Company built a small fort they called Fort Augustus. Later that fall, just a few yards awav, the Hudson's Bay Company built Fort Edmonton. Fort Edmonton was named after Edmonton in Countv Middlesex, England, which . is now a suburb of London. According to one story, it was given this name because this was the birthplace of a prominent Hudson's Вау Company official, Over the next few years the rival forts, one always following the other, moved to several different locations on the North Saskatchewan river. Between 1801 and 1806 the two forts were built near the present Edmonton City Power Plant. They were abandoned in 1810 and new forts constructed downstream, near White Earth Creek on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River.. In 1813 the two companies moved again -- this time back to the power plant area. Fight years later in 1821 the two companies joined and under the name of the Hudson's Bay Company, moved into the old Fort Edmonton buildings just below the present parliament buildings. The forts near the power plant experienced flooding in the spring so moving up the hill was a logical step in 1830. Elevation Views Scale - 1/16" = 1' - 0" The Bay 1670 300 by Hudson's Bay Company. Published in 1970. Schematic drawing of Fort Edmonton Fort Edmonton. The Bay's century 4 model contest. Original Drawings by G.H. Macdonald. With the kind permission of J.A. Macdonald 833 Tegler Building. The first plan we have of this new fort was drawn in 1846 by officers in the Royal Engineering Corn. of the British Army: H.J. Warre and M, Vavasour, both army lieutenants, had been sent out to settle boundary disputes with the United States and evaluate all western posts for their military potential. By this time Fort Edmonton had become the second largest and most important fort west of Winnipeg, second only to Vancouver. The plans drawn by these gentlemen were discovered many years later in a London museum. Bay Employees and immediate family members are not eligible - Winners will be selected by independent judges, whose decision will be final. Judging will be based on authenticity, workmanship and attention to detail, - Models will be returned - $1 entry fee refundable - Open to any student or group of students of any high school, grade school, trade school or university. - Judging will take place on September 14th, Winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 23rd.
December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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After thousands of hours of restoration work by the Edmonton Radial Railway Society, Saskatoon #200 is once more ready to clean up this town.
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June 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Vintage Edmonton Ephemera: Fort Edmonton The Reconstruction Story 1969-74
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May 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Vintage Edmonton Ephemera: Fort Edmonton The Reconstruction Story 1969-74
Articles, photos, ads, audio, and film from Edmonton, Alberta's history
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May 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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May 28, 1977 and Frank Hutton Talks Of Fort Edmonton at Vintage Edmonton:

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May 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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PinQuest visits Edmonton, which takes its name from a Hudson's Bay Company fort.

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