The Prince of Wales Fort is a historic bastion fort on Hudson Bay across the Churchill River from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. [1] The European history of this area starts with Henry Hudson sailing into Hudson Bay in 1610. The area was recognized as important in the fur trade and of potential importance for other discoveries. [2] .

Seek the thrill of adventure in Churchill, Manitoba... and see the astonishing Prince of Wales Fort built 250 years ago on the bare, windswept coast of Hudson Bay. Get a real sense of a fur trader’s life in the subarctic.

2006年2月7日 · Prince of Wales Fort is an 18th-century fortification built by the Hudson’s Bay Company at the mouth of the Churchill River, in what is now Manitoba. Today, it is a national historic site managed by Parks Canada.

2021年6月6日 · The Prince of Wales Fort near Churchill was an 18th century fortified base of the Hudson’s Bay Company, a fur trading business, and is now a National Historic Site of Canada.

Learn more about tours at Prince of Wales Fort and the Parks Canada Visitor Centre in Churchill. Daily visitor fees, guided walks or special interpretive programs and more. Free admission for youth. By rail: VIA Rail has regular train service to the nearest train station, Churchill Heritage Train Station, Churchill, Manitoba.

2022年11月22日 · On the remote shores of Hudson's Bay resides the impressive stone bastion known as Prince of Wales Fort. Originally a wooden structure, the star-shaped stone structure that exists today was...

Take a boat across the Churchill River and get a sense of the life of an 18th-century fur trader through a Parks Canada guided tour. This massive stone fort at the edge of the Hudson Bay is what legends are made of.

Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site of Canada is a ruinous early 18th-century fur trade fortress built by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Surviving stone walls stand starkly silhouetted on the tundra along the shore of Hudson’s Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba.

2024年5月27日 · The Prince of Wales Fort stands as a powerful symbol of a defining era in Canadian history, one shaped by the ambitions of empires, the ingenuity and resilience of Indigenous peoples, and the relentless quest for wealth and power in the New World.

Prince of Wales Fort II took more than 40 years to build, from 1731 to 1771, at the mouth of the Churchill River on Hudson Bay. The popular European ‘star’ shape construction with four protruding bastions was selected but its massive size and small construction crew made for …