Historic Sites of (NOT) Manitoba: Fort Daer (Pembina, North Dakota)

In September 1812, a group of settlers recruited by Lord Selkirk to establish a colony near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers (present site of Winnipeg) instead continued south along the Red River to its junction with the Pembina River, where it would be easier to obtain winter food from local Metis bison hunters. On the north bank of the Pembina stood Fort Pembina, a fur trading facility of the North West Company. The Selkirk Settlers occupied the south bank and there set up makeshift huts that they named Fort Daer in honour of James Dunbar, the Sixth Earl of Selkirk (1809-1885), eldest son of Lord Selkirk. Many years later, long after Fort Daer had been abandoned, it was determined to lie south of the 49th line of latitude, in American territory. A marker at the former fort site was erected in 1948 by the Pembina County Pioneer Daughters.

Fort Daer Monument (2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N48.96544, W97.24051 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

The Centennial History of Manitoba by James A. Jackson, Toronto: Manitoba Historical Society & McClelland and Stewart, 1970.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 March 2012

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